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 is three stories

It is very modernist

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

New York

California

Burma
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:
selfish

pretty

witty

controlling
6 Cyril's money comes from:
medicine

law

real estate

inheritance
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 teeth

Her hair

Her eyes

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

To a bankruptcy hearing

His and Elna's old apartments

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

dogs

birds

his buildings
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:
reading books together

playing hide and seek

playing a board game

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

Her place at the table

Her bedroom

Her dresses
14 Which health condition does Maeve have?
Cancer

Crohn's Disease

Diabetes

M.S.
15 Maeve gets sick after:
her father marries Andrea

her father dies

she goes to college

her mother leaves
16 Where do Maeve and Danny park the car and hang out?
In the back of the Dutch House

Anywhere they feel compelled to

In front of the Dutch House

In the local park
17 What war did Cyril fight in?
Vietnam War

WWI

WWII

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

They are sisters

Sandy is the housekeeper

They do not get along very well
19 Where does Danny meet Celeste?
On the bus

On the subway

On the ferry

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

Chemistry

Physics

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

10

21

19
22 How does Cyril die?
He gets sick

He has a heart attack

He falls

Old age
23 Where does Cyril die?
In a hospital

In the Dutch House

In a car

In one of his buildings
24 Which is false regarding Cyril's will?
There is a small fund for the children's education

Maeve gets the Dutch House

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

Andrea

Maeve

Norma and Bright

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