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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 is intelligent and articulate.
(c) His range of ideas is limited.
(d) He's simple-hearted and wholesome.

3. What is Anna Corey's reaction when her husband Bromfield tells her their son has decided to join Silas Lapham's paint business?
(a) She insists Bromfield should have stopped the boy.
(b) She faints.
(c) She demands that Tom leave Lapham's employ at once.
(d) She is elated Tom will be doing honest work.

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

5. Why does Bromfield not think Tom will stick with the paint business long?
(a) Tom tends to lose interest in things after a short while.
(b) Silas Lapham will likely be displeased with Tom's work.
(c) Tom is allergic to paint.
(d) Silas Lapham will likely get on Tom's nerves.

6. Who comes to the Lapham home on Nankeen Square to see if Silas Lapham is ill when Lapham doesn't show up at work?
(a) Milton Rogers.
(b) Tom Corey.
(c) Zerilla Dewey.
(d) Lapham's bookkeeper.

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

8. 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) Expanding into the construction business.
(d) Starting a branch of Lapham's company in Maine.

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

10. What does Anna Corey think of her son going into Lapham's mineral paint business?
(a) She prefers he start his own company.
(b) She finds the idea distasteful.
(c) She supports the idea.
(d) She thinks his father should do the same.

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

12. What does Irene ask Tom Corey to suggest for the new room in the Laphams' Beacon Street home?
(a) A piano.
(b) Books.
(c) Art work.
(d) Furniture.

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

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

15. What does Tom Corey tell his mother the Laphams like to do more than read?
(a) Play tennis.
(b) Talk.
(c) Eat.
(d) Sail.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do the Lapham sisters make fun of when discussing Tom Corey at the end of Chapter Four?

4. What novel does Tom Corey notice on a table in the Lapham parlor and begin discussing?

5. For whom does Silas Lapham name his top brand of paint?

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