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

Large glass windows

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

New York

Burma

California
3 Where does Maeve attend college?
Fordham

Barnard

Columbia

Vassar
4 Otterson's works with:
frozen vegetables

rice and grains

rubber stamps

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

selfish

controlling

witty
6 Cyril's money comes from:
inheritance

law

medicine

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

visit the sick

collect the rent

baseball games
8 Which of Maeve's features is most notable?
Her teeth

Her hair

Her freckles

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

To a bankruptcy hearing

His and Elna's old apartments

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

dogs

his buildings

birds
11 Where does Danny go to medical school?
Yale

U Penn

Harvard

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 a board game

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

Her books

Her bedroom

Her place at the table
14 Which health condition does Maeve have?
Diabetes

Crohn's Disease

M.S.

Cancer
15 Maeve gets sick after:
her father dies

her father marries Andrea

she goes to college

her mother leaves
16 Where do Maeve and Danny park the car and hang out?
In the local park

In the back of the Dutch House

In front of the Dutch House

Anywhere they feel compelled to
17 What war did Cyril fight in?
Vietnam War

Korean War

WWI

WWII
18 Which of the following regarding Sandy and Jocelyn is false?
They do not get along very well

They are sisters

Jocelyn is the cook

Sandy is the housekeeper
19 Where does Danny meet Celeste?
On the ferry

On the subway

On the train

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

Chemistry

Biology

Psychology
21 How old is Danny when his father dies?
15

10

21

19
22 How does Cyril die?
Old age

He has a heart attack

He gets sick

He falls
23 Where does Cyril die?
In the Dutch House

In a hospital

In a car

In one of his buildings
24 Which is false regarding Cyril's will?
Danny and Maeve do not think it is fair

There is a small fund for the children's education

Maeve gets the Dutch House

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

Danny

Norma and Bright

Andrea

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