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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Milton Rogers claim might want to buy the mills?
(a) Some English investors.
(b) The Coreys.
(c) An Italian.
(d) A Frenchman.

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

3. When Irene refuses to join Tom Corey and her family for tea in Chapter Six, what is her mother's reaction?
(a) Persis insists that Irene join everyone in the parlor later.
(b) Persis forces Irene to join everyone for tea regardless.
(c) Persis slaps Irene.
(d) Persis locks Irene in her room.

4. Where is Irene Lapham when Anna Corey visits the Laphams in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Visiting an old friend in Salem.
(b) Away from home to get a book.
(c) Visiting Silas at his office.
(d) In her bedroom ill with a fever.

5. What physical ailment has Irene developed in Chapter Six?
(a) A headache.
(b) Indigestion.
(c) A cold.
(d) A broken arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel does Tom Corey notice on a table in the Lapham parlor and begin discussing?

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

3. When Milton Rogers comes to visit Silas Lapham at the office in Chapter Twenty One and says he thought the railroad would pay a fair price for the mills, what does Lapham accuse Rogers of doing?

4. What does Anna Corey think of her son going into Lapham's mineral paint business?

5. From where do the Corey women return at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

(see the answer key)

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