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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXVI and XXVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What architect is building the Laphams new house?
(a) Seymour.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Crandall.
(d) Wright.

2. What does Tom Corey try unsuccessfully to convince Penelope of at the end of Chapter Nineteen?
(a) That his parents will accept her.
(b) That their families have a lot in common.
(c) That he and she have done nothing wrong.
(d) That Irene is going to find another lover.

3. Why can't Zerilla marry Mr. Wemmel?
(a) Mr. Wemmel is in jail.
(b) Her husband Hen won't divorce her yet.
(c) Mr. Wemmel doesn't want her.
(d) Mr. Wemmel already has a wife.

4. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes Silas Lapham to his father?
(a) He is intelligent and articulate.
(b) He's simple-hearted and wholesome.
(c) His range of ideas is limited.
(d) He brags about being able to spend money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham's appearance?

2. What does Anna Corey think of her son going into Lapham's mineral paint business?

3. Why does Irene come back from Dubuque?

4. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham?

5. How long does Silas Lapham travel out west at the beginning of Chapter Twenty One?

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