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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Silas Lapham wear to the Corey dinner that no other man there wears?
(a) A hat.
(b) A cravat.
(c) A wedding ring.
(d) Gloves.

2. How does Persis Lapham shock Penelope out of her depression over Tom Corey?
(a) By telling her Irene is marrying someone else.
(b) By buying her an expensive diamond bracelet.
(c) By telling Penelope of Silas Lapham's business woes.
(d) By inviting Tom Corey over to tea.

3. In Chapter Twenty Three, why does Silas Lapham wish his daughter would marry Tom Corey?
(a) So someone in the family would be happy again.
(b) So the Coreys would help him financially.
(c) So she would quit being so depressed.
(d) So Tom Corey could provide for her.

4. What does Charles Bellingham say is the most popular thing to put into a novel?
(a) Self sacrifice.
(b) Romance.
(c) Mysteries and secrets.
(d) Murder.

5. How do Bromfield and Anna Corey respond to the news about Tom's romance?
(a) They don't like it but resign themselves to it.
(b) They threaten to disinherit Tom.
(c) They try to interest Tom in a more aristocratic bride.
(d) They offer to pay for the wedding.

6. Who drinks too much at the Coreys' dinner party and begins to brag as a result?
(a) Charles Bellingham.
(b) Miss Kingsbury.
(c) Silas Lapham.
(d) Irene Lapham.

7. Which member of the Lapham family refuses to attend the Coreys' dinner party?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Persis.
(c) Silas.
(d) Irene.

8. What does Nanny Corey think the novel discussed at her family's dinner party should have been called?
(a) Boredom, Eternal Boredom.
(b) Slop, Silly Slop.
(c) Sin, Blatant Sin.
(d) Heaven, Sweet Heaven.

9. In Chapter Twelve, what do the Corey sisters bring back from their summer vacation?
(a) A new housemaid.
(b) Cases of the measles.
(c) Studies of kelp & toadstools, rocks & rotten logs.
(d) New wardrobes.

10. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes the Lapham girls to his mother?
(a) They're very simple, nice girls.
(b) Irene is an extraordinary beauty.
(c) Penelope is droll and everything that's unexpected.
(d) They're cultured and sophisticated.

11. What does Silas Lapham accuse Milton Rogers of being?
(a) A murderer.
(b) A fraud.
(c) A thief.
(d) A sinner.

12. Who does Persis Lapham say was never equal to Tom Corey?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Silas Lapham.
(c) Irene.
(d) Charles Bellingham.

13. Who does Persis Lapham find crying in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Tom Corey.
(b) Irene.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Nanny Corey.

14. How does the elegant and classically designed Corey home seem to the Laphams when they enter it?
(a) Bare.
(b) Old-fashioned.
(c) Boring.
(d) Overly fancy.

15. Who does Tom Corey tell Penelope he loves?
(a) Irene.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Zerilla Dewey.
(d) Moll Millon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel do Tom Corey and Penelope discuss when Tom sees that Penelope is reading it?

2. Who sends Irene the Texas newspaper clipping she thought had come from Tom Corey?

3. What does Persis Lapham fret about after receiving Anna Corey's dinner invitation?

4. Where is Irene Lapham when Anna Corey visits the Laphams in Chapter Twelve?

5. How many sisters does Tom Corey have?

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