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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe the decision Silas Lapham comes to regarding the potential buyers of the mills?
(a) He would be as bad as Rogers if he sold to them.
(b) He will not tell them about the G.L.P.
(c) They won't want to buy if he does tell them about the G.L.P.
(d) He can't sell to them without telling them about the G.L.P.

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

3. With what keen sense does Nanny Corey read novels?
(a) A sense of artistry and desire to write her own novel.
(b) A sense of their inaccuracy as representations of life.
(c) A sense of moral indignation.
(d) A sense of adventure and romance.

4. How does Anna Corey describe Penelope Lapham to Bromfield Corey?
(a) Very shy and timid.
(b) Rude and disgusting.
(c) Pretty and sweet.
(d) Sly and completely disagreeable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tom Corey visit his mother and sisters in Chapter Six?

2. Where is Irene Lapham when Anna Corey visits the Laphams in Chapter Twelve?

3. Which member of the Lapham family has been reading the novel Tom Corey sees on the Lapham parlor table?

4. Which member of the Lapham family refuses to attend the Coreys' dinner party?

5. Who tells Tom Corey of Silas Lapham's potential financial ruin?

(see the answer key)

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