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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Two, who sends Persis Lapham a lithographed circular soliciting for donations to a charity?
(a) Her daughter's teacher.
(b) The governor's wife.
(c) Mr. Sewell.
(d) Anna Corey.

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

3. What have the Corey ladies lost when they first meet the Laphams?
(a) A diamond pendant.
(b) Some of their luggage.
(c) A gold pocket watch.
(d) A blue plumed hat.

4. Why does Anna Corey think Tom's marriage to Irene Lapham would be worse than his joining the Lapham paint business?
(a) Irene is dull.
(b) Persis Lapham would be his mother-in-law.
(c) Silas Lapham would be his father-in-law.
(d) Irene is not pretty.

5. What does Silas Lapham tell Persis he doesn't like about Tom Corey?
(a) Tom is snobbish and condescending.
(b) Tom is too young to marry one of their daughters.
(c) Tom lives off his father instead of supporting himself.
(d) Tom doesn't show respect for the mineral paint business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the Corey family is ill when they first meet the Laphams?

2. Why does Bromfield not think Tom will stick with the paint business long?

3. In Chapter Nine, who thinks the Lapham family is below the Corey family?

4. Which of the following statements accurately describes the financial situation of the Lapham family and the Corey family?

5. What does Anna Corey wish her son had done instead of join Silas Lapham's paint business?

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