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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Silas Lapham credit for his Christian upbringing?
(a) His older sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His father.

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) Mr. Sewell.
(c) His wife.
(d) Bromfield Corey.

3. What does Persis Lapham do for a living before she marries Silas?
(a) She raises thoroughbred horses.
(b) She owns a cattle ranch.
(c) She runs a restaurant.
(d) She teaches school.

4. In what series of articles is the newspaper going to feature an article on Silas Lapham?
(a) The Paint Sellers of America series.
(b) The Solid Men of Boston series.
(c) The Rich Men of New York series.
(d) The Business Men of Vermont series.

5. Which of the following statements accurately describes the financial situation of the Lapham family and the Corey family?
(a) The Coreys have a lot more money than the Laphams.
(b) The Laphams have a little more money than the Coreys.
(c) The Laphams have a lot more money than the Coreys.
(d) Both families have an equal amount of money.

6. Where does Silas Lapham decide to build a new more fashionable home?
(a) On the beach.
(b) In London.
(c) Downtown New York.
(d) His Back Bay property.

7. In Chapter Five, what business does Tom Corey tell his father he wants to go into?
(a) Law.
(b) Banking.
(c) Lapham's mineral paint business.
(d) Real estate.

8. What kind of business does Silas Lapham buy before his paint business takes off?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A saloon.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A bank.

9. In Chapter Nine, who suggests inviting the Laphams to dinner?
(a) Nanny Corey.
(b) Mr. Sewell.
(c) Bromfield Corey.
(d) Anna Corey.

10. What does Tom Corey overhear Silas Lapham advising his pretty typist to do?
(a) Get a new job.
(b) Move to a new part of town.
(c) Try his family doctor for her insomnia.
(d) Get a divorce.

11. After giving Tom Corey a history of the paint, where does Silas Lapham suggest the young man come to finish their business talk?
(a) New York.
(b) A restaurant in downtown Boston.
(c) The Lapham cottage in Nantasket.
(d) Bar Harbor.

12. Where was Silas Lapham born?
(a) On a boat on the Mississippi River.
(b) In a Philadelphia slum.
(c) On a farm in Vermont.
(d) In New Orleans.

13. What kind of gambling does Silas Lapham tell his wife he has been doing in Chapter Ten?
(a) Playing the stock market.
(b) Betting on horses.
(c) Playing poker.
(d) Playing roulette.

14. Who do Mrs. Lapham and Penelope note that Tom Corey never mentions to either of them during his visits?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Irene.
(c) Silas.
(d) Mr. Sewell.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Tom Corey tell his father in Chapter Eleven that Mrs. Lapham has never done, a fact the Coreys find unusual given the Lapham wealth?

5. What does Silas Lapham tell Persis he doesn't like about Tom Corey?

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