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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Irene Lapham and Tom Corey talk about all evening when Tom visits the Lapham home in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Mineral paints.
(b) Middlemarch.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Penelope.

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

3. To whom does Silas Lapham loan money in Chapter Ten?
(a) Mr. Sewell.
(b) Milton Rogers.
(c) Bromfield Corey.
(d) Tom Corey.

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

5. When Irene Lapham receives a newspaper clipping from Texas, who does she think has sent it to her?
(a) Anna Corey.
(b) Tom Corey.
(c) Kyle Rohden.
(d) Teddy Lindner.

6. What physical ailment has Irene developed in Chapter Six?
(a) A headache.
(b) Indigestion.
(c) A broken arm.
(d) A cold.

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

8. 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) Bromfield Corey.
(b) His wife.
(c) Mr. Sewell.
(d) His daughters.

9. Which relative has Tom Corey consulted in addition to his father about the merits of joining Lapham's mineral paint business?
(a) His paternal grandfather.
(b) His maternal grandmother.
(c) His maternal Uncle Jim.
(d) His sister nanny.

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

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

12. On what street is the Lapham family's Boston home located?
(a) Fifth Avenue.
(b) Rodeo Drive.
(c) Nankeen Square.
(d) Main Street.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Silas Lapham stay home the day after Bromfield Corey's visit in Chapter Eleven?

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

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

5. Why do the Laphams come to believe their home in Boston is in an unfashionable neighborhood?

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