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

2. When Irene Lapham receives a newspaper clipping from Texas, who does she think has sent it to her?
(a) Kyle Rohden.
(b) Teddy Lindner.
(c) Tom Corey.
(d) Anna Corey.

3. What business does Persis Lapham tell her husband she thinks Tom Corey will never go into?
(a) Real estate.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Journalism.
(d) The mineral paint business.

4. What business idea does Tom Corey propose to Silas Lapham that meets with Lapham's approval?
(a) Increasing the company's advertising.
(b) Lowering the price on his products.
(c) Taking the paint to foreign countries like Mexico.
(d) Adding a cheaper line of paint.

5. When Tom Corey approaches Silas Lapham about joining his business, how does Lapham try to treat young Corey?
(a) Like a future son-in-law.
(b) Like a good friend.
(c) Like just another worker seeking employment.
(d) Like a son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Lapham sisters think their father does too much when Tom Corey visits the site of their new house in Chapter Four and receives a tour of the Beacon Street house from Silas?

2. Why does Persis Lapham call her husband the Colonel?

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

4. Why do the Laphams come to believe their home in Boston is in an unfashionable neighborhood?

5. Whose death brings sorrow to the early years of the Lapham marriage?

(see the answer key)

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