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 sits on a hilltop

It is three stories

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

New York

Burma

India
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:
pretty

controlling

selfish

witty
6 Cyril's money comes from:
law

medicine

real estate

inheritance
7 Every weekend, Danny goes with Cyril to:
collect the rent

visit the sick

soup kitchens

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

Her eyes

Her teeth

Her freckles
9 Where does Cyril take Danny when they drive into New York together?
His and Elna's old apartments

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

To a bankruptcy hearing

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

baseball

his buildings

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

Yale

Harvard

Columbia
12 The first night Maeve and Danny have to watch Norma and Bright, Maeve suggests:
playing hide and seek

playing a board game

reading books together

a tour of the house
13 What does Andrea give Norma that used to be Maeve's?
Her dresses

Her place at the table

Her bedroom

Her books
14 Which health condition does Maeve have?
Diabetes

Cancer

Crohn's Disease

M.S.
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?
In front of the Dutch House

In the back of the Dutch House

Anywhere they feel compelled to

In the local park
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 ferry

On the subway

On the bus

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

Chemistry

Psychology

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

10

21

19
22 How does Cyril die?
He gets sick

He falls

Old age

He has a heart attack
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?
Danny and Maeve do not think it is fair

Almost everything is left to Andrea

Maeve gets the Dutch House

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

Norma and Bright

Maeve

Danny

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