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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 business idea does Tom Corey first propose to Silas Lapham in Chapter Six?
(a) Investing capital in Lapham's company.
(b) A partnership in Lapham's company.
(c) Starting a branch of Lapham's company in Maine.
(d) Expanding into the construction business.

2. How many daughters do Silas and Persis Lapham have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Irene Lapham receives a newspaper clipping from Texas, who does she think has sent it to her?

2. Where does Tom Corey visit his mother and sisters in Chapter Six?

3. 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?

4. What business idea does Tom Corey propose to Silas Lapham that meets with Lapham's approval?

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

(see the answer key)

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