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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Tom Corey comes to the Lapham home for a second visit in Chapter Eleven, about whom does he ask Irene?
(a) Mr. Sewell.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Persis.
(d) Silas.

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

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

6. Where does Bromfield Corey visit Silas Lapham in Chapter Eleven?
(a) At Lapham's Vermont farm.
(b) At the construction site of Lapham's Beacon Street home.
(c) At the Taft seafood restaurant.
(d) At Lapham's office.

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 bottle of French perfume.
(c) A new horse.
(d) A bouquet of red roses.

8. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham?
(a) She is an intellectual with a college degree.
(b) She prefers housekeeping to studying.
(c) She spends her leisure time shopping
(d) She is beautiful.

9. What novel does Tom Corey notice on a table in the Lapham parlor and begin discussing?
(a) Nicholas Nickleby.
(b) Middlemarch.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) Little Women.

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

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

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

13. In Chapter Three, who do Silas and Persis Lapham run into while visiting the construction site of their new home?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Persis Lapham's aged mother.
(c) Mr. Sewell.
(d) Milton Rogers, Lapham's former partner.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not appear in the description of Silas Lapham that Bartley Hubbard writes for his newspaper article?

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

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

4. What kind of business does Silas Lapham buy before his paint business takes off?

5. When Tom Corey approaches Silas Lapham about joining his business, how does Lapham try to treat young Corey?

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