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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XVI, XVII and XVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the Lapham home on Nankeen Square to see if Silas Lapham is ill when Lapham doesn't show up at work?
(a) Tom Corey.
(b) Milton Rogers.
(c) Lapham's bookkeeper.
(d) Zerilla Dewey.

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

3. What room does Irene tell Tom Corey the Laphams will have in their new Beacon Street home?
(a) A library.
(b) A conservatory.
(c) A music room.
(d) A billiard room.

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

5. What does Persis Lapham try unsuccessfully to get her husband to understand at the end of Chapter Nine?
(a) The Coreys hate Silas.
(b) The Coreys think they are higher socially than the Laphams.
(c) The Coreys hate Irene.
(d) Irene loves Tom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What architect is building the Laphams new house?

3. Which relative has Tom Corey consulted in addition to his father about the merits of joining Lapham's mineral paint business?

4. To how much does Persis Lapham limit her husband's spending on their new home?

5. At the beginning of Chapter Eleven, who does Tom Corey suggest his father meet?

(see the answer key)

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