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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. Whose death brings sorrow to the early years of the Lapham marriage?
(a) The Laphams' son.
(b) Silas Lapham's father.
(c) Persis Lapham's mother.
(d) Silas Lapham's mother.

2. What do the Lapham sisters think their father does too much when Tom Corey visits the site of their new house in Chapter Four and receives a tour of the Beacon Street house from Silas?
(a) Talks.
(b) Brags.
(c) Drinks.
(d) Eats.

3. When Irene refuses to join Tom Corey and her family for tea in Chapter Six, what is her mother's reaction?
(a) Persis forces Irene to join everyone for tea regardless.
(b) Persis slaps Irene.
(c) Persis insists that Irene join everyone in the parlor later.
(d) Persis locks Irene in her room.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Silas Lapham in Chapter One?

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

3. Which member of the Lapham family has been reading the novel Tom Corey sees on the Lapham parlor table?

4. 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?

5. When Tom Corey approaches Silas Lapham about joining his business, how does Lapham try to treat young Corey?

(see the answer key)

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