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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the Corey family is ill when they first meet the Laphams?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Anna Corey.
(c) Nanny Corey.
(d) Tom Corey.

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

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

4. What do the Lapham sisters make fun of when discussing Tom Corey at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Tom's big feet.
(b) Tom's freckles.
(c) Tom's hair and nose.
(d) Tom's short stature.

5. Whose death brings sorrow to the early years of the Lapham marriage?
(a) Persis Lapham's mother.
(b) Silas Lapham's father.
(c) Silas Lapham's mother.
(d) The Laphams' son.

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

7. What does Silas Lapham send Bartley Hubbard's wife as a present at the end of Chapter One?
(a) Jars of his Persis Brand paint.
(b) A bouquet of red roses.
(c) A bottle of French perfume.
(d) A new horse.

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

9. Who first discovers Silas Lapham's paint mine?
(a) Silas Lapham's brother, Willard.
(b) Silas Lapham's father.
(c) Silas Lapham.
(d) Persis Lapham.

10. For whom does Silas Lapham name his top brand of paint?
(a) His daughter, Irene.
(b) His daughter, Penelope.
(c) His mother, Marie.
(d) His wife, Persis.

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

12. What business does Persis Lapham tell her husband she thinks Tom Corey will never go into?
(a) The mineral paint business.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Real estate.

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

14. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham's appearance?
(a) She has a dark complexion and curly hair.
(b) She has red hair like her father.
(c) She has blue eyes.
(d) Her eyes are at once intense and tender.

15. When Tom Corey approaches Silas Lapham about joining his business, how does Lapham try to treat young Corey?
(a) Like just another worker seeking employment.
(b) Like a future son-in-law.
(c) Like a son.
(d) Like a good friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Irene ask Tom Corey to suggest for the new room in the Laphams' Beacon Street home?

3. Why does Persis Lapham call her husband the Colonel?

4. In what city does the novel open?

5. Why does Bromfield Corey think rich girls would offer his son a greater chance at a quiet life than poor girls?

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