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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX and X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While conversing with his mother in Chapter Eight, what does Tom Corey tell his mother about Penelope Lapham?
(a) That she's fashionable.
(b) That she's smart.
(c) That she's pretty.
(d) That she's humorous.

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

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) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Mr. Sewell.
(c) His wife.
(d) His daughters.

4. In what series of articles is the newspaper going to feature an article on Silas Lapham?
(a) The Business Men of Vermont series.
(b) The Rich Men of New York series.
(c) The Solid Men of Boston series.
(d) The Paint Sellers of America series.

5. What newspaper has sent reporter Bartley Hubard to interview Silas Lapham in Chapter One?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) The Globe.
(c) The Chronicle.
(d) The Events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of gambling does Silas Lapham tell his wife he has been doing in Chapter Ten?

2. Who does Silas Lapham credit for his Christian upbringing?

3. What does Irene ask Tom Corey to suggest for the new room in the Laphams' Beacon Street home?

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

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

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