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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXII and XXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which relative has Tom Corey consulted in addition to his father about the merits of joining Lapham's mineral paint business?
(a) His sister nanny.
(b) His maternal Uncle Jim.
(c) His maternal grandmother.
(d) His paternal grandfather.

2. Whose death brings sorrow to the early years of the Lapham marriage?
(a) Silas Lapham's father.
(b) Silas Lapham's mother.
(c) Persis Lapham's mother.
(d) The Laphams' son.

3. When Milton Rogers comes to visit Silas Lapham at the office in Chapter Twenty One and says he thought the railroad would pay a fair price for the mills, what does Lapham accuse Rogers of doing?
(a) Trying to ru in his business.
(b) Lying.
(c) Trying to steal Persis from him.
(d) Trying to marry Irene.

4. How does the elegant and classically designed Corey home seem to the Laphams when they enter it?
(a) Overly fancy.
(b) Bare.
(c) Old-fashioned.
(d) Boring.

5. Who says she will never live in the Lapham's new house on Back Bay?
(a) Irene.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Persis.
(d) Persis's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Lapham sisters make fun of when discussing Tom Corey at the end of Chapter Four?

2. What does Anna Corey think of her son going into Lapham's mineral paint business?

3. What does Silas Lapham wear to the Corey dinner that no other man there wears?

4. Who does Tom Corey tell Penelope he loves?

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham's appearance?

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