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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. Where does Tom Corey visit his mother and sisters in Chapter Six?
(a) Bar Harbour.
(b) Cape Cod.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Florida.

2. Which member of the Corey family is ill when they first meet the Laphams?
(a) Tom Corey.
(b) Nanny Corey.
(c) Anna Corey.
(d) Bromfield Corey.

3. On what street is the Lapham family's Boston home located?
(a) Rodeo Drive.
(b) Fifth Avenue.
(c) Nankeen Square.
(d) Main Street.

4. What business does Persis Lapham tell her husband she thinks Tom Corey will never go into?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Real estate.
(c) The mineral paint business.
(d) Medicine.

5. What subject does Tom avoid while talking with his mother in Chapter Eight?
(a) Penelope Lapham.
(b) Working for a living.
(c) Traveling to Europe.
(d) Irene Lapham.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tom Corey overhear Silas Lapham advising his pretty typist to do?

3. Why does Bromfield Corey think rich girls would offer his son a greater chance at a quiet life than poor girls?

4. Why does Anna Corey think Tom's marriage to Irene Lapham would be worse than his joining the Lapham paint business?

5. For whom does Silas Lapham name his top brand of paint?

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