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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements is not something Tom Corey is told about Lapham's paint business in Chapter Twenty One?
(a) The fire's never been out in the works.
(b) It is prospering.
(c) No wages have ever been cut before at Lapham's.
(d) Other paint companies are decreasing production.

2. When Lapham apologizes to Tom Corey at the office after the Coreys' dinner party for his behavior at the party, what does Tom blame for the incident?
(a) His family's snobbery.
(b) His father's potent French wines.
(c) Lapham's eagerness to seem friendly.
(d) Serving wine to a man not used to drinking it.

3. What does Irene buy at the apothecary?
(a) Medication for an upset stomach.
(b) Medication for depression.
(c) A powder to help her sleep.
(d) Aspirin for a headache.

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

5. Why does Silas Lapham decide not to sell his new house?
(a) He decides to buy out the West Virginia company instead.
(b) He thinks Persis likes the house.
(c) He likes the house.
(d) It symbolizes his success.

6. In Chapter Twelve, what do the Corey sisters bring back from their summer vacation?
(a) Cases of the measles.
(b) A new housemaid.
(c) New wardrobes.
(d) Studies of kelp & toadstools, rocks & rotten logs.

7. Who tells Tom Corey of Silas Lapham's potential financial ruin?
(a) Walker, Lapham's bookkeeper.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Zeirlla Dewey.
(d) Persis Lapham.

8. What competition arises for Silas Lapham's paint business?
(a) A Canadian paint company.
(b) An aluminum siding company.
(c) A West Virginia paint company.
(d) A new quick drying paint.

9. Who defends Milton Rogers to Silas Lapham and refuses to believe Rogers is the swindler he seems to be?
(a) Irene.
(b) Tom Corey.
(c) Persis.
(d) Bromfield Corey.

10. In their determination not to be the first guests to arrive at the Coreys' dinner party, what do the Laphams end up being?
(a) The second guests to arrive.
(b) Too anxious and fretful to enjoy themselves at the party.
(c) The last guests to arrive.
(d) Half an hour late.

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

12. What collateral of Milton Rogers's is Silas Lapham going to sell for what they will fetch in the market?
(a) Rogers's stocks and his mills.
(b) Rogers's house in the country.
(c) Rogers's diamond ring.
(d) Rogers's gold watch.

13. From whom has Silas Lapham purchased mills in Chapter Twenty?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Jim Millon.
(c) Milton Rogers.
(d) James Bellingham.

14. What does Irene give Penelope after learning the truth about Tom Corey's feelings for her?
(a) All the souvenirs she has collected of Tom.
(b) A book of love poems.
(c) A new dress to wear on a date with Tom.
(d) A photo of Tom.

15. Why do Persis and Silas Lapham begin to feel glad their daughter is not engaged to Tom Corey?
(a) Tom Corey has bad manners.
(b) A richer man develops an interest in their daughter.
(c) The Coreys are rude and snobbish.
(d) So they won't be embarrassed due to their financial losses.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what keen sense does Nanny Corey read novels?

2. What does Persis Lapham find in Chapter Twenty Two when her husband drops it on the floor?

3. What is the result of Milton Rogers's deadline for bringing the potential buyers of the mills to Silas Lapham's office?

4. What does Silas Lapham decide to shut down in Chapter Twenty Three?

5. What note does Penelope send to Tom Corey at the beginning of Chapter Twenty Two?

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