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

It is three stories

It sits on a hilltop

Large glass windows
2 Where did Elna run away to?
India

New York

California

Burma
3 Where does Maeve attend college?
Vassar

Columbia

Fordham

Barnard
4 Otterson's works with:
rice and grains

rubber stamps

frozen vegetables

pencils
5 Andrea is described as all the following except:
pretty

selfish

controlling

witty
6 Cyril's money comes from:
real estate

medicine

inheritance

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

visit the sick

baseball games

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

Her freckles

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

dogs

baseball

his buildings
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:
a tour of the house

playing hide and seek

playing a board game

reading books together
13 What does Andrea give Norma that used to be Maeve's?
Her bedroom

Her dresses

Her place at the table

Her books
14 Which health condition does Maeve have?
Cancer

M.S.

Crohn's Disease

Diabetes
15 Maeve gets sick after:
her mother leaves

she goes to college

her father dies

her father marries Andrea
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?
WWII

WWI

Korean War

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

Sandy is the housekeeper

They do not get along very well

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

On the train

On the ferry

On the bus
20 What is Danny in danger of failing?
Psychology

Physics

Biology

Chemistry
21 How old is Danny when his father dies?
10

21

19

15
22 How does Cyril die?
He has a heart attack

He falls

He gets sick

Old age
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?
Maeve gets the Dutch House

There is a small fund for the children's education

Danny and Maeve do not think it is fair

Almost everything is left to Andrea
25 Who is the last to know about Cyril's death?
Danny

Norma and Bright

Maeve

Andrea

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