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

2. What does Persis Lapham do for a living before she marries Silas?
(a) She teaches school.
(b) She owns a cattle ranch.
(c) She runs a restaurant.
(d) She raises thoroughbred horses.

3. How old is Silas Lapham in Chapter One?
(a) Forty.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Eighty.

4. Why does Bromfield Corey think rich girls would offer his son a greater chance at a quiet life than poor girls?
(a) They would have more in common with him.
(b) They would understand his background and his family.
(c) They've had everything & wouldn't be ambitious or uneasy.
(d) They know art and music and culture, things Tom likes.

5. What do the Lapham sisters make fun of when discussing Tom Corey at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Tom's short stature.
(b) Tom's freckles.
(c) Tom's hair and nose.
(d) Tom's big feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Silas Lapham decide to build a new more fashionable home?

2. In Chapter Three, who do Silas and Persis Lapham run into while visiting the construction site of their new home?

3. Who meets the boat with a carriage and driver to take Silas Lapham and Tom Corey home?

4. What does Anna Corey think of her son going into Lapham's mineral paint business?

5. Whose death brings sorrow to the early years of the Lapham marriage?

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