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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem with Lapham's mills?
(a) The railroad wants them and Lapham has to take their price.
(b) They are going backrupt.
(c) They just burned to the ground.
(d) They aren't making a profit.

2. Which of the following statements does not describe Penelope's opinion of the novel she and Tom Corey discuss?
(a) She wonders why novel characters don't act reasonably.
(b) The heroine sacrifices her happiness and the hero's.
(c) The heroine shouldn't let another girl have her beloved.
(d) The characters in the book behave sensibly.

3. With what does Persis Lapham worry Irene will wear herself out?
(a) Grief.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Work.
(d) Sewing.

4. How long does Silas Lapham give Milton Rogers to produce the parties who Rogers claims want to buy the mills?
(a) A week.
(b) A month.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Twenty four hours.

5. Silas Lapham believes Tom Corey's sole interest is the mineral paint business, but what does Persis Lapham believe has also captured Tom's interest?
(a) Silas Lapham's work ethic.
(b) The Lapham family's hospitality.
(c) Irene.
(d) Penelope.

Short Answer Questions

1. In their determination not to be the first guests to arrive at the Coreys' dinner party, what do the Laphams end up being?

2. Why hasn't Bromfield Corey seen Bartley Hubbard's article in The Events about Silas Lapham?

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

4. Which member of the Lapham family refuses to attend the Coreys' dinner party?

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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