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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What business idea does Tom Corey first propose to Silas Lapham in Chapter Six?
(a) Expanding into the construction business.
(b) Investing capital in Lapham's company.
(c) A partnership in Lapham's company.
(d) Starting a branch of Lapham's company in Maine.

3. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham's appearance?
(a) She has a dark complexion and curly hair.
(b) Her eyes are at once intense and tender.
(c) She has blue eyes.
(d) She has red hair like her father.

4. What is Anna Corey's reaction when her husband Bromfield tells her their son has decided to join Silas Lapham's paint business?
(a) She faints.
(b) She demands that Tom leave Lapham's employ at once.
(c) She is elated Tom will be doing honest work.
(d) She insists Bromfield should have stopped the boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Silas Lapham tell Persis he doesn't like about Tom Corey?

4. What newspaper has sent reporter Bartley Hubard to interview Silas Lapham in Chapter One?

5. What business idea does Tom Corey propose to Silas Lapham that meets with Lapham's approval?

(see the answer key)

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