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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father tell him when Danny asks why his mother left?
2. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father tell him about asking people who they are voting for?
3. In Chapter 5, why is Danny excited about his father taking him to visit Maeve at college?
4. Where does Maeve go to college?
5. For what holiday does Danny visit Maeve in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is there a portrait of Maeve hanging in the drawing room instead of Maeve's and Danny's mother?
2. What is the significance of the two large portraits hanging in the drawing room of the Dutch House?
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 does Maeve tell Danny about her feelings towards Andrea and her children?
5. In Chapter 6, what does Danny's father tell him about his eventual role in his business?
6. 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?
7. In Chapter 3, what does Andrea do one day that greatly surprises Danny and Maeve?
8. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve remember about her mother's feelings about the Dutch House?
9. In Chapter 2, how does Danny say he feels about his mother?
10. Why is the Dutch House called the Dutch House?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is it so important to Maeve that Danny attend medical school, and how does her insistence on this specific part of his future affect Danny's relationship with Maeve? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing why Danny finally decides to at least pretend to forgive Elna for leaving the family when he was a child. When does he genuinely begin to let go of his anger, resentment and bitterness towards her?
Essay Topic 3
What kinds of character traits, attributes, and attitudes do you think Patchett conveys through her descriptions of Maeve's hair, height, and clothes? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
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