The Dutch House Quizzes

The Dutch House Quiz 1

1 Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of the Dutch House?

It is three stories

It is very modernist

It sits on a hilltop

Large glass windows
2 Where did Elna run away to?

California

New York

India

Burma
3 Where does Maeve attend college?

Columbia

Vassar

Barnard

Fordham
4 Otterson's works with:

rubber stamps

pencils

frozen vegetables

rice and grains
5 Andrea is described as all the following except:

selfish

witty

controlling

pretty
6 Cyril's money comes from:

law

inheritance

real estate

medicine
7 Every weekend, Danny goes with Cyril to:

collect the rent

baseball games

soup kitchens

visit the sick
8 Which of Maeve's features is most notable?

Her freckles

Her teeth

Her eyes

Her hair
9 Where does Cyril take Danny when they drive into New York together?

His real estate holdings

To a bankruptcy hearing

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

His and Elna's old apartments
10 Danny remembers Cyril liked all the following except:

birds

his buildings

baseball

dogs
11 Where does Danny go to medical school?

Harvard

U Penn

Yale

Columbia
12 The first night Maeve and Danny have to watch Norma and Bright, Maeve suggests:

reading books together

playing hide and seek

playing a board game

a tour of the house
13 What does Andrea give Norma that used to be Maeve's?

Her bedroom

Her place at the table

Her dresses

Her books
14 Which health condition does Maeve have?

Diabetes

Cancer

M.S.

Crohn's Disease
15 Maeve gets sick after:

her father marries Andrea

her father dies

her mother leaves

she goes to college
16 Where do Maeve and Danny park the car and hang out?

Anywhere they feel compelled to

In front of the Dutch House

In the back of the Dutch House

In the local park
17 What war did Cyril fight in?

Vietnam War

Korean War

WWII

WWI
18 Which of the following regarding Sandy and Jocelyn is false?

Sandy is the housekeeper

Jocelyn is the cook

They are sisters

They do not get along very well
19 Where does Danny meet Celeste?

On the bus

On the subway

On the ferry

On the train
20 What is Danny in danger of failing?

Chemistry

Psychology

Physics

Biology
21 How old is Danny when his father dies?

19

21

15

10
22 How does Cyril die?

He has a heart attack

Old age

He gets sick

He falls
23 Where does Cyril die?

In the Dutch House

In a car

In one of his buildings

In a hospital
24 Which is false regarding Cyril's will?

There is a small fund for the children's education

Almost everything is left to Andrea

Danny and Maeve do not think it is fair

Maeve gets the Dutch House
25 Who is the last to know about Cyril's death?

Andrea

Maeve

Danny

Norma and Bright

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