The Dutch House Quizzes

The Dutch House Quiz 1

1 Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of the Dutch House?

Large glass windows

It sits on a hilltop

It is very modernist

It is three stories
2 Where did Elna run away to?

Burma

California

New York

India
3 Where does Maeve attend college?

Fordham

Barnard

Vassar

Columbia
4 Otterson's works with:

frozen vegetables

pencils

rice and grains

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

pretty

selfish

controlling

witty
6 Cyril's money comes from:

inheritance

medicine

real estate

law
7 Every weekend, Danny goes with Cyril to:

soup kitchens

collect the rent

visit the sick

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

Her freckles

Her hair

Her teeth

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

His and Elna's old apartments

To a bankruptcy hearing

His real estate holdings

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
10 Danny remembers Cyril liked all the following except:

dogs

baseball

his buildings

birds
11 Where does Danny go to medical school?

U Penn

Columbia

Harvard

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

reading books together

playing a board game

a tour of the house

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

Her place at the table

Her books

Her dresses

Her bedroom
14 Which health condition does Maeve have?

M.S.

Cancer

Crohn's Disease

Diabetes
15 Maeve gets sick after:

her father dies

she goes to college

her father marries Andrea

her mother leaves
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?

Korean War

WWI

WWII

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

They do not get along very well

Jocelyn is the cook

They are sisters

Sandy is the housekeeper
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?

Biology

Chemistry

Physics

Psychology
21 How old is Danny when his father dies?

19

21

15

10
22 How does Cyril die?

He falls

He gets sick

Old age

He has a heart attack
23 Where does Cyril die?

In the Dutch House

In one of his buildings

In a hospital

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

Maeve gets the Dutch House

Danny and Maeve do not think it is fair

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?

Maeve

Danny

Andrea

Norma and Bright

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