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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XIV and XV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have the Corey ladies lost when they first meet the Laphams?
(a) A diamond pendant.
(b) A blue plumed hat.
(c) A gold pocket watch.
(d) Some of their luggage.

2. What does Silas Lapham wear to the Corey dinner that no other man there wears?
(a) A hat.
(b) A wedding ring.
(c) Gloves.
(d) A cravat.

3. Why do the Laphams come to believe their home in Boston is in an unfashionable neighborhood?
(a) The fashionable Anna Corey implies that it is.
(b) A newspaper article states that it is.
(c) Their daughters decree that it is.
(d) A fashion magazine tells them it is.

4. Who do Mrs. Lapham and Penelope note that Tom Corey never mentions to either of them during his visits?
(a) Mr. Sewell.
(b) Irene.
(c) Bromfield Corey.
(d) Silas.

5. In Chapter Three, who do Silas and Persis Lapham run into while visiting the construction site of their new home?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Mr. Sewell.
(c) Persis Lapham's aged mother.
(d) Milton Rogers, Lapham's former partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Irene Lapham receives a newspaper clipping from Texas, who does she think has sent it to her?

2. Where are the Laphams traveling when they meet another Boston family, the rich and fashionable Coreys?

3. Why does Silas Lapham stay home the day after Bromfield Corey's visit in Chapter Eleven?

4. While conversing with his mother in Chapter Eight, what does Tom Corey tell his mother about Penelope Lapham?

5. Why does Persis Lapham call her husband the Colonel?

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