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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXII and XXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A fashion magazine tells them it is.
(d) Their daughters decree that it is.

2. Why does Persis send a note to her husband in Chapter Seventeen asking him to meet her early in the afternoon?
(a) She wants to confront him about Zerilla.
(b) She wants to ask him to give Rogers another loan.
(c) She wants to ask for a divorce.
(d) She wants to tell him of Tom Corey's love for Penelope.

3. In Chapter Seventeen, who does Silas Lapham tell his wife he found at their house the previous night?
(a) Zerilla Dewey.
(b) Tom Corey.
(c) Bromfield Corey.
(d) Milton Rogers.

4. What does Silas Lapham tell Persis he doesn't like about Tom Corey?
(a) Tom is snobbish and condescending.
(b) Tom is too young to marry one of their daughters.
(c) Tom doesn't show respect for the mineral paint business.
(d) Tom lives off his father instead of supporting himself.

5. How many daughters do Silas and Persis Lapham have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the Lapham home on Nankeen Square to see if Silas Lapham is ill when Lapham doesn't show up at work?

2. Which of the following statements accurately describes the financial situation of the Lapham family and the Corey family?

3. When Anna Corey visits the Laphams in Chapter Twelve, how does Mrs. Lapham feel about the visit?

4. What subject does Tom avoid while talking with his mother in Chapter Eight?

5. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes Silas Lapham to his father?

(see the answer key)

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