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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. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes the Lapham girls to his mother?
(a) Irene is an extraordinary beauty.
(b) They're very simple, nice girls.
(c) They're cultured and sophisticated.
(d) Penelope is droll and everything that's unexpected.

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

3. Why does Penelope Lapham think Tom Corey and Irene Lapham need to spend more time alone?
(a) She wants Irene to get in trouble with their parents.
(b) She thinks it will help them figure out if they like each other.
(c) She thinks they are in love and want more time alone.
(d) She needs the time alone with her own boyfriend.

4. In Chapter Two, who sends Persis Lapham a lithographed circular soliciting for donations to a charity?
(a) Anna Corey.
(b) The governor's wife.
(c) Mr. Sewell.
(d) Her daughter's teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Laphams come to believe their home in Boston is in an unfashionable neighborhood?

2. What does Irene buy at the apothecary?

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

4. Which member of the Lapham family is left alone with Tom Corey when he visits the site of their new Beacon Street house in Chapter Four?

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

(see the answer key)

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