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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXVI and XXVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Persis Lapham worry Irene will wear herself out?
(a) Grief.
(b) Work.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Exercise.

2. To where does Silas Lapham take his wife and daughter in Chapter Twenty Two to cheer them all up?
(a) New York.
(b) The family's Vermont farm.
(c) London.
(d) The theater.

3. What is unusual in the eyes of the Coreys about the beverages the Coreys drink with dinner?
(a) They drink ice water instead of tea, coffee, or wine.
(b) They drink moonshine whiskey.
(c) They drink buttermilk.
(d) They drink lemonade.

4. Who does Silas Lapham want to talk with his wife about in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Irene.
(b) Milton Rogers.
(c) Bromfield Corey.
(d) Jim Millon.

5. What is the problem with Lapham's mills?
(a) They are going backrupt.
(b) They aren't making a profit.
(c) The railroad wants them and Lapham has to take their price.
(d) They just burned to the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says she will never live in the Lapham's new house on Back Bay?

2. Which of the following statements is not something Tom Corey is told about Lapham's paint business in Chapter Twenty One?

3. In Chapter Seventeen, who does Silas Lapham tell his wife he found at their house the previous night?

4. On what street do the Coreys live?

5. Why hasn't Bromfield Corey seen Bartley Hubbard's article in The Events about Silas Lapham?

(see the answer key)

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