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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna Corey think of her son going into Lapham's mineral paint business?
(a) She finds the idea distasteful.
(b) She thinks his father should do the same.
(c) She prefers he start his own company.
(d) She supports the idea.

2. 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.

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

4. When Irene Lapham receives a newspaper clipping from Texas, who does she think has sent it to her?
(a) Tom Corey.
(b) Anna Corey.
(c) Teddy Lindner.
(d) Kyle Rohden.

5. What have the Corey ladies lost when they first meet the Laphams?
(a) Some of their luggage.
(b) A gold pocket watch.
(c) A diamond pendant.
(d) A blue plumed hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Lapham sisters make fun of when discussing Tom Corey at the end of Chapter Four?

2. When Irene refuses to join Tom Corey and her family for tea in Chapter Six, what is her mother's reaction?

3. Where are the Laphams traveling when they meet another Boston family, the rich and fashionable Coreys?

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

5. How long has the Lapham family lived in their Boston home?

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