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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bromfield Corey think rich girls would offer his son a greater chance at a quiet life than poor girls?
(a) They would understand his background and his family.
(b) They know art and music and culture, things Tom likes.
(c) They would have more in common with him.
(d) They've had everything & wouldn't be ambitious or uneasy.

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

3. What business does Persis Lapham tell her husband she thinks Tom Corey will never go into?
(a) Real estate.
(b) Journalism.
(c) The mineral paint business.
(d) Medicine.

4. Who first discovers Silas Lapham's paint mine?
(a) Silas Lapham's father.
(b) Silas Lapham's brother, Willard.
(c) Silas Lapham.
(d) Persis Lapham.

5. What does Silas Lapham send Bartley Hubbard's wife as a present at the end of Chapter One?
(a) A bouquet of red roses.
(b) A bottle of French perfume.
(c) Jars of his Persis Brand paint.
(d) A new horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Four, with whom does Silas Lapham sit in the frame of a bay window at the construction site of the family's new Beacon Street house?

2. What does Tom Corey overhear Silas Lapham advising his pretty typist to do?

3. In Chapter Five, what business does Tom Corey tell his father he wants to go into?

4. What does Anna Corey wish her son had done instead of join Silas Lapham's paint business?

5. Who does Silas Lapham credit for his Christian upbringing?

(see the answer key)

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