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 very modernist

Large glass windows

It is three stories

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

California

Burma

New York
3 Where does Maeve attend college?
Columbia

Vassar

Barnard

Fordham
4 Otterson's works with:
pencils

rice and grains

frozen vegetables

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

selfish

controlling

witty
6 Cyril's money comes from:
law

real estate

medicine

inheritance
7 Every weekend, Danny goes with Cyril to:
soup kitchens

baseball games

collect the rent

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

Her eyes

Her hair

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

To a bankruptcy hearing

His real estate holdings

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

baseball

birds

dogs
11 Where does Danny go to medical school?
Harvard

Yale

U Penn

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

a tour of the house

playing hide and seek

playing a board game
13 What does Andrea give Norma that used to be Maeve's?
Her books

Her place at the table

Her bedroom

Her dresses
14 Which health condition does Maeve have?
Diabetes

Crohn's Disease

Cancer

M.S.
15 Maeve gets sick after:
her father marries Andrea

her father dies

she goes to college

her mother leaves
16 Where do Maeve and Danny park the car and hang out?
Anywhere they feel compelled to

In the local park

In the back of the Dutch House

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

WWII

WWI

Korean War
18 Which of the following regarding Sandy and Jocelyn is false?
Jocelyn is the cook

Sandy is the housekeeper

They do not get along very well

They are sisters
19 Where does Danny meet Celeste?
On the bus

On the ferry

On the subway

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

Psychology

Chemistry

Biology
21 How old is Danny when his father dies?
21

19

10

15
22 How does Cyril die?
He gets sick

He has a heart attack

Old age

He falls
23 Where does Cyril die?
In a car

In one of his buildings

In the Dutch House

In a hospital
24 Which is false regarding Cyril's will?
Danny and Maeve do not think it is fair

Maeve gets the Dutch House

Almost everything is left to Andrea

There is a small fund for the children's education
25 Who is the last to know about Cyril's death?
Danny

Norma and Bright

Maeve

Andrea

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