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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was the construction on the Dutch House finished in?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1924.

2. In Chapter 7, who does Maeve turn to for legal advice about the situation with Andrea?
(a) Her boyfriend, who was a lawyer.
(b) A friend's father, who was an estate lawyer.
(c) Maeve and Danny's grandfather, who was also a laywer.
(d) Lawyer Gooch, an old friend of their father's.

3. Why did Cyril Conroy not have a will?
(a) He thought Andrea would look after everything for him.
(b) At age 53, he did not think he was old enough to have a will.
(c) Andrea's lawyer advised Cyril not to have his own will.
(d) He thought wills were unnecessary.

4. Where did the adults in their lives tell Maeve and Danny their mother went when she left the family?
(a) Malaysia.
(b) China.
(c) India.
(d) Mexico.

5. In Chapter 3, what does Maeve tell her father is not hers and Danny's responsibility?
(a) To pay the housekeeping staff.
(b) To keep the books for the business.
(c) To keep their grades up.
(d) To take care of Andrea's daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve tell Danny about their mother's reason for leaving?

2. In Chapter 3, what happens the first time Andrea leaves Maeve and Danny alone with her two daughters?

3. What does Andrea say must be a comfort to Danny's father as she tours the house for the first time in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father tell him about asking people who they are voting for?

5. In Chapter 5, why is Maeve so amazed that her father showed Danny where their mother used to live?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Cyril Conroy bought the Dutch House, what kind of a state was it in?

2. In Chapter 7, what does Maeve tell Danny about her feelings towards Andrea and her children?

3. In Chapter 1, what do Danny and Maeve think about the fact that their father wants them to meet a friend at the house on a Saturday?

4. In Chapter 7, what do Danny and Maeve find out is the one way in which their father sought to provide for them after his death?

5. Why is the Dutch House called the Dutch House?

6. In Chapter 6, what does Danny think, in hindsight, was a huge mistake he and Maeve made after their father died?

7. In Chapter 3, what does Andrea do one day that greatly surprises Danny and Maeve?

8. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve say when Danny tells her their father took him to see where their mother used to live?

9. In Chapter 6, what does Danny's father tell him about his eventual role in his business?

10. In Chapter 5, what is different about Danny's father's demeanor when they meet Maeve for dinner?

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