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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. 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 insists Bromfield should have stopped the boy.
(b) She demands that Tom leave Lapham's employ at once.
(c) She faints.
(d) She is elated Tom will be doing honest work.

2. How do Bromfield and Anna Corey respond to the news about Tom's romance?
(a) They don't like it but resign themselves to it.
(b) They try to interest Tom in a more aristocratic bride.
(c) They threaten to disinherit Tom.
(d) They offer to pay for the wedding.

3. 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.

4. Who does Persis Lapham find crying in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Irene.
(b) Nanny Corey.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Tom Corey.

5. Which of the following statements accurately describes the financial situation of the Lapham family and the Corey family?
(a) The Laphams have a little more money than the Coreys.
(b) The Laphams have a lot more money than the Coreys.
(c) The Coreys have a lot more money than the Laphams.
(d) Both families have an equal amount of money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tom Corey try unsuccessfully to convince Penelope of at the end of Chapter Nineteen?

3. How many sisters does Tom Corey have?

4. What does Persis Lapham try unsuccessfully to get her husband to understand at the end of Chapter Nine?

5. Who does Silas Lapham want to talk with his wife about in Chapter Eighteen?

(see the answer key)

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