View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the Lapham family refuses to attend the Coreys' dinner party?
(a) Persis.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Irene.
(d) Silas.

2. What novel does Tom Corey notice on a table in the Lapham parlor and begin discussing?
(a) Little Women.
(b) Nicholas Nickleby.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) Middlemarch.

3. What does Silas Lapham accuse Milton Rogers of being?
(a) A fraud.
(b) A thief.
(c) A sinner.
(d) A murderer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Twelve, what do the Corey sisters bring back from their summer vacation?

3. How long does Silas Lapham travel out west at the beginning of Chapter Twenty One?

4. Who meets the boat with a carriage and driver to take Silas Lapham and Tom Corey home?

5. When Irene refuses to join Tom Corey and her family for tea in Chapter Six, what is her mother's reaction?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 259 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample