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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 13, who is Danny's first child?
2. Why does Dr. Able start to take more of an interest in Danny in Chapter 9?
3. Where does Celeste go to college?
4. What did Maeve's father bring to the Dutch House for them to eat the first time he showed she and her mother the house?
5. In Chapter 12, what was Fluffy worried about meeting Danny as an adult for the first time?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 8, why does Dr. Able begin inviting Danny to coffee and then dinner at his home?
2. In Chapter 8, why does Maeve insist on driving Celeste to her family home?
3. In Chapter 8, how does Danny meet Celeste on the train?
4. In Chapter 12, what does Danny realize about his feelings towards Fluffy as he leaves their meeting?
5. In Chapter 13, what do Danny and Celeste do for childcare arrangements when their second child is due very shortly after having their first child?
6. In Chapter 14, what role does Maeve play in Danny's growing real estate business?
7. In Chapter 8, what does Danny's professor, Dr. Able, tell him about chemistry?
8. In Chapter 13, what does Fluffy tell Danny about how his father had gotten the money to buy his first plot of land?
9. In Chapter 8, what does Maeve tell Danny is the fantastic news she has heard from Lawyer Gooch?
10. In Chapter 13, what does Celeste tell Danny about her interpretation of Maeve's feelings about their wedding?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay analyzing the evolution of Danny's and Maeve's attitudes and feelings towards Fluffy from their childhood through their adulthood. Cite 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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