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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. In Chapter Three, who do Silas and Persis Lapham run into while visiting the construction site of their new home?
(a) Mr. Sewell.
(b) Persis Lapham's aged mother.
(c) Milton Rogers, Lapham's former partner.
(d) Bromfield Corey.

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

3. In Chapter Four, with whom does Silas Lapham sit in the frame of a bay window at the construction site of the family's new Beacon Street house?
(a) Mr. Sewell.
(b) His daughters.
(c) His wife.
(d) Bromfield Corey.

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

5. Which member of the Corey family is ill when they first meet the Laphams?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Nanny Corey.
(c) Tom Corey.
(d) Anna Corey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business does Silas Lapham buy before his paint business takes off?

2. What business does Persis Lapham tell her husband she thinks Tom Corey will never go into?

3. Where was Silas Lapham born?

4. In what series of articles is the newspaper going to feature an article on Silas Lapham?

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

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