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 sits on a hilltop

Large glass windows

It is very modernist
2 Where did Elna run away to?

California

New York

India

Burma
3 Where does Maeve attend college?

Vassar

Barnard

Fordham

Columbia
4 Otterson's works with:

rice and grains

rubber stamps

pencils

frozen vegetables
5 Andrea is described as all the following except:

selfish

witty

pretty

controlling
6 Cyril's money comes from:

law

medicine

inheritance

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

baseball games

soup kitchens

visit the sick

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

Her eyes

Her hair

Her freckles

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

His and Elna's old apartments

To a bankruptcy hearing

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

His real estate holdings
10 Danny remembers Cyril liked all the following except:

his buildings

birds

baseball

dogs
11 Where does Danny go to medical school?

Harvard

U Penn

Columbia

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

a tour of the house

playing hide and seek

reading books together

playing a board game
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?

Diabetes

Crohn's Disease

M.S.

Cancer
15 Maeve gets sick after:

her mother leaves

her father dies

she goes to college

her father marries Andrea
16 Where do Maeve and Danny park the car and hang out?

In the back of the Dutch House

In front of the Dutch House

Anywhere they feel compelled to

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

WWI

Vietnam War

Korean War

WWII
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 subway

On the train

On the bus

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

Chemistry

Biology

Physics

Psychology
21 How old is Danny when his father dies?

19

21

15

10
22 How does Cyril die?

He falls

He has a heart attack

Old age

He gets sick
23 Where does Cyril die?

In one of his buildings

In a car

In the Dutch House

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

Almost everything is left to Andrea

Maeve gets the Dutch House

There is a small fund for the children's education

Danny and Maeve do not think it is fair
25 Who is the last to know about Cyril's death?

Norma and Bright

Andrea

Danny

Maeve

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