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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 10, what does Maeve tell Danny about the Dutch House that he never knew?
2. What is Fluffy's first name?
3. In Chapter 12, what was Fluffy worried about meeting Danny as an adult for the first time?
4. How does Danny feel towards Fluffy at the end of Chapter 12?
5. What do Maeve and Danny often do together as they sit in the car outside the Dutch House?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 8, what does Danny's professor, Dr. Able, tell him about chemistry?
2. In Chapter 13, what does Fluffy tell Danny about how his father had gotten the money to buy his first plot of land?
3. In Chapter 8, what happens to Danny that makes Maeve tell him she must die first?
4. In Chapter 8, why does Maeve insist on driving Celeste to her family home?
5. In Chapter 8, what does Celeste say to Danny when he tells her he does not want to marry her right away?
6. In Chapter 12, what does Fluffy tell Danny about his father's conversations with his mother around the time his mother left the family permanently?
7. In Chapter 8, how does Danny meet Celeste on the train?
8. In Chapter 14, what role does Maeve play in Danny's growing real estate business?
9. In Chapter 8, what does Maeve tell Danny is the fantastic news she has heard from Lawyer Gooch?
10. In Chapter 8, what does Maeve tell Danny about her feelings about his becoming a doctor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Elna Conroy suddenly shows up in Maeve's and Danny's lives again after decades of absence, the two siblings react very differently. Write an essay comparing and contrasting Maeve's and Danny's reactions to the reappearance of their mother Elna in their lives.
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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