The Dutch House Quizzes

The Dutch House Quiz 1

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

It is very modernist

It is three stories

It sits on a hilltop
2 Where did Elna run away to?
California

Burma

India

New York
3 Where does Maeve attend college?
Vassar

Columbia

Barnard

Fordham
4 Otterson's works with:
rice and grains

pencils

frozen vegetables

rubber stamps
5 Andrea is described as all the following except:
witty

pretty

selfish

controlling
6 Cyril's money comes from:
medicine

law

inheritance

real estate
7 Every weekend, Danny goes with Cyril to:
baseball games

visit the sick

soup kitchens

collect the rent
8 Which of Maeve's features is most notable?
Her hair

Her freckles

Her eyes

Her teeth
9 Where does Cyril take Danny when they drive into New York together?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

His real estate holdings

His and Elna's old apartments

To a bankruptcy hearing
10 Danny remembers Cyril liked all the following except:
dogs

his buildings

baseball

birds
11 Where does Danny go to medical school?
U Penn

Harvard

Yale

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

reading books together

a tour of the house

playing hide and seek
13 What does Andrea give Norma that used to be Maeve's?
Her dresses

Her bedroom

Her place at the table

Her books
14 Which health condition does Maeve have?
Crohn's Disease

Diabetes

M.S.

Cancer
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 local park

In the back of the Dutch House
17 What war did Cyril fight in?
Vietnam War

Korean War

WWII

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

They do not get along very well

Sandy is the housekeeper

Jocelyn is the cook
19 Where does Danny meet Celeste?
On the train

On the bus

On the subway

On the ferry
20 What is Danny in danger of failing?
Biology

Physics

Chemistry

Psychology
21 How old is Danny when his father dies?
19

15

21

10
22 How does Cyril die?
Old age

He has a heart attack

He falls

He gets sick
23 Where does Cyril die?
In one of his buildings

In the Dutch House

In a hospital

In a car
24 Which is false regarding Cyril's will?
Almost everything is left to Andrea

There is a small fund for the children's education

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

Norma and Bright

Danny

Maeve

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