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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Silas.
(c) Persis.
(d) Irene.

2. Where are the Laphams traveling when they meet another Boston family, the rich and fashionable Coreys?
(a) London.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Paris.
(d) Canada.

3. In Chapter Five, what business does Tom Corey tell his father he wants to go into?
(a) Law.
(b) Real estate.
(c) Banking.
(d) Lapham's mineral paint business.

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

5. 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 fashion magazine tells them it is.
(c) A newspaper article states that it is.
(d) Their daughters decree that it is.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Silas Lapham in Chapter One?

2. Which member of the Corey family is ill when they first meet the Laphams?

3. In what city does the novel open?

4. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham?

5. What have the Corey ladies lost when they first meet the Laphams?

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