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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX and X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject does Tom avoid while talking with his mother in Chapter Eight?
(a) Traveling to Europe.
(b) Irene Lapham.
(c) Penelope Lapham.
(d) Working for a living.

2. Which of the following statements accurately describes the financial situation of the Lapham family and the Corey family?
(a) The Coreys have a lot more money than the Laphams.
(b) Both families have an equal amount of money.
(c) The Laphams have a little more money than the Coreys.
(d) The Laphams have a lot more money than the Coreys.

3. Where was Silas Lapham born?
(a) In New Orleans.
(b) On a boat on the Mississippi River.
(c) On a farm in Vermont.
(d) In a Philadelphia slum.

4. What kind of business does Silas Lapham buy before his paint business takes off?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A bank.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A saloon.

5. Which member of the Lapham family has been reading the novel Tom Corey sees on the Lapham parlor table?
(a) Silas.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Persis.
(d) Irene.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what series of articles is the newspaper going to feature an article on Silas Lapham?

2. How long has the Lapham family lived in their Boston home?

3. In Chapter Four, with whom does Silas Lapham sit in the frame of a bay window at the construction site of the family's new Beacon Street house?

4. What business idea does Tom Corey first propose to Silas Lapham in Chapter Six?

5. Which member of the Corey family does Silas Lapham tell Persis he wants to meet?

(see the answer key)

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