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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. While conversing with his mother in Chapter Eight, what does Tom Corey tell his mother about Penelope Lapham?
(a) That she's pretty.
(b) That she's smart.
(c) That she's fashionable.
(d) That she's humorous.

6. In Chapter Two, who sends Persis Lapham a lithographed circular soliciting for donations to a charity?
(a) Mr. Sewell.
(b) Anna Corey.
(c) The governor's wife.
(d) Her daughter's teacher.

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

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

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

10. What business idea does Tom Corey first propose to Silas Lapham in Chapter Six?
(a) A partnership in Lapham's company.
(b) Investing capital in Lapham's company.
(c) Expanding into the construction business.
(d) Starting a branch of Lapham's company in Maine.

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

12. What does Anna Corey think of the Lapham family borrowing books from the public library?
(a) That it shows theit interest in literature.
(b) That it makes them common.
(c) That it shows their ignorance of literature.
(d) That it shows how frugal they are.

13. 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?
(a) She has never bought a real diamond necklace.
(b) She has never patronized a charity.
(c) She has never attended the opera.
(d) She has never given a dinner.

14. Why do the Laphams come to believe their home in Boston is in an unfashionable neighborhood?
(a) The fashionable Anna Corey implies that it is.
(b) Their daughters decree that it is.
(c) A newspaper article states that it is.
(d) A fashion magazine tells them it is.

15. Which member of the Corey family does Silas Lapham tell Persis he wants to meet?
(a) Nanny.
(b) Susan.
(c) Anna.
(d) Bromfield, Tom's father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Silas Lapham credit for his Christian upbringing?

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

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

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

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