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 three stories

It sits on a hilltop

Large glass windows

It is very modernist
2 Where did Elna run away to?
California

Burma

India

New York
3 Where does Maeve attend college?
Vassar

Fordham

Barnard

Columbia
4 Otterson's works with:
frozen vegetables

rice and grains

rubber stamps

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

witty

selfish

pretty
6 Cyril's money comes from:
inheritance

medicine

real estate

law
7 Every weekend, Danny goes with Cyril to:
baseball games

collect the rent

visit the sick

soup kitchens
8 Which of Maeve's features is most notable?
Her eyes

Her hair

Her freckles

Her teeth
9 Where does Cyril take Danny when they drive into New York together?
His real estate holdings

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

To a bankruptcy hearing

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

Columbia

Yale
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

Crohn's Disease

M.S.

Diabetes
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 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?
WWII

Korean War

WWI

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

Sandy is the housekeeper

They are sisters

They do not get along very well
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

Psychology

Chemistry

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

10

15

19
22 How does Cyril die?
He has a heart attack

Old age

He gets sick

He falls
23 Where does Cyril die?
In one of his buildings

In a hospital

In the Dutch House

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?
Norma and Bright

Maeve

Andrea

Danny

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