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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Four, with whom does Silas Lapham sit in the frame of a bay window at the construction site of the family's new Beacon Street house?
(a) His daughters.
(b) His wife.
(c) Bromfield Corey.
(d) Mr. Sewell.

3. What does Irene ask Tom Corey to suggest for the new room in the Laphams' Beacon Street home?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Books.
(c) A piano.
(d) Art work.

4. Which of the following statements does not appear in the description of Silas Lapham that Bartley Hubbard writes for his newspaper article?
(a) His nose is short and straight.
(b) He is bald and walks with a cane.
(c) He is of medium height.
(d) He has a square, bold chin and a short, reddish-gray beard.

5. Why does Silas Lapham stay home the day after Bromfield Corey's visit in Chapter Eleven?
(a) He's too excited and upset by the visit to go to work.
(b) Persis Lapham is ill and needs his assistance at home.
(c) He has caught pneumonia from Bromfield.
(d) He is having an affair with Zerilla Dewey.

6. In Chapter Nine, who thinks the Lapham family is below the Corey family?
(a) Tom Corey.
(b) Irene Lapham.
(c) Bromfield Corey.
(d) Silas Lapham.

7. Which member of the Lapham family has been reading the novel Tom Corey sees on the Lapham parlor table?
(a) Silas.
(b) Persis.
(c) Irene.
(d) Penelope.

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

9. How many daughters do Silas and Persis Lapham have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

10. Why does Persis Lapham discourage her husband from bringing Tom Corey home with him?
(a) She doesn't approve of Tom as a suitor for Irene.
(b) She prefers another young man as Irene's suitor.
(c) She thinks Tom is an unpleasant young man.
(d) She wants Tom to visit on his own accord.

11. Where are the Laphams traveling when they meet another Boston family, the rich and fashionable Coreys?
(a) Mexico.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Canada.

12. What is unusual in the eyes of the Coreys about the beverages the Coreys drink with dinner?
(a) They drink moonshine whiskey.
(b) They drink lemonade.
(c) They drink buttermilk.
(d) They drink ice water instead of tea, coffee, or wine.

13. At the beginning of Chapter Eleven, who does Tom Corey suggest his father meet?
(a) Mr. Sewell.
(b) Silas Lapham.
(c) Irene Lapham.
(d) Penelope Lapham.

14. Why does Persis Lapham call her husband the Colonel?
(a) Silas Lapham is rigid and disciplined like an army officer.
(b) Silas Lapham reminds her of her father, an army colonel.
(c) Silas Lapham was a colonel in the Civil War.
(d) Silas Lapham was a colonel in the Revolutionary War.

15. How old is Silas Lapham in Chapter One?
(a) Fifty-five.
(b) Forty.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Twenty-two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Tom Corey comes to the Lapham home for a second visit in Chapter Eleven, about whom does he ask Irene?

3. In Chapter Five, what business does Tom Corey tell his father he wants to go into?

4. What physical ailment has Irene developed in Chapter Six?

5. Who first discovers Silas Lapham's paint mine?

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