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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 Maeve tell Danny about their mother's reason for leaving?
2. What was odd about the kitchen in the Dutch House in Danny's opinion?
3. What happens to Maeve right after her and Danny's mother leaves for good?
4. Who was Danny's father most comfortable with, in Danny's opinion in Chapter 2?
5. In Chapter 5, what kind of restaurant does Danny's father take him and Maeve to?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the Dutch House called the Dutch House?
2. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve say when Danny tells her their father took him to see where their mother used to live?
3. In Chapter 2, how does Danny say he feels about his mother?
4. In Chapter 5, what does Danny's father do when Andrea says she wants to come into New York City with him and Danny to visit Maeve?
5. Why is there a portrait of Maeve hanging in the drawing room instead of Maeve's and Danny's mother?
6. What is the significance of the two large portraits hanging in the drawing room of the Dutch House?
7. In Chapter 5, what does Maeve remember about her mother's feelings about the Dutch House?
8. In Chapter 2, what does Danny do every Saturday with his father, and why is it important?
9. 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?
10. In Chapter 3, what does Andrea do one day that greatly surprises Danny and Maeve?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Dutch House symbolizes radically different things for different characters. From the first time she sees the house, Andrea is enthralled with it, but her fixation on the house seems to run very deep. Write an essay analyzing the range of Andrea's feelings towards the Dutch House.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How does visiting Andrea at the Dutch House at the novel's end and finding her mentally incapacitated by a debilitating degenerative disease seem to affect Maeve and Danny? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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