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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical ailment does Tom Corey have in Chapter Twenty One?
(a) A headache.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) An earache.
(d) Pneumonia.

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

3. From whom do the Laphams receive a letter at the beginning of Chapter Twenty Two?
(a) Irene.
(b) James Bellingham.
(c) Stanton.
(d) Tom Corey.

4. What does Silas Lapham decide to shut down in Chapter Twenty Three?
(a) His newspaper business.
(b) The Works.
(c) His mills.
(d) His office.

5. When Lapham apologizes to Tom Corey at the office after the Coreys' dinner party for his behavior at the party, what does Tom blame for the incident?
(a) Serving wine to a man not used to drinking it.
(b) His father's potent French wines.
(c) His family's snobbery.
(d) Lapham's eagerness to seem friendly.

6. What novel do Tom Corey and Penelope discuss when Tom sees that Penelope is reading it?
(a) Middlemarch.
(b) Tears, Idle Tears.
(c) Little Women.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

7. With what keen sense does Nanny Corey read novels?
(a) A sense of artistry and desire to write her own novel.
(b) A sense of moral indignation.
(c) A sense of their inaccuracy as representations of life.
(d) A sense of adventure and romance.

8. How long does Silas Lapham give Milton Rogers to produce the parties who Rogers claims want to buy the mills?
(a) A week.
(b) Ten days.
(c) A month.
(d) Twenty four hours.

9. What does Persis Lapham find in Chapter Twenty Two when her husband drops it on the floor?
(a) A suicide note.
(b) A note with "Mrs. M" and some figures written on it.
(c) His will.
(d) A love note from Zerilla Dewey.

10. What novel do the guests at the Coreys' dinner party discuss?
(a) Tom Sawyer.
(b) David Copperfield.
(c) Middlemarch.
(d) Tears, Idle Tears.

11. What advice is given to Silas and Persis Lapham at the end of Chapter Eighteen to handle the situation with Tom Corey?
(a) To force Tom to marry Irene.
(b) To let Penelope have Tom so only Irene suffers.
(c) To take Penelope and Irene far away from Tom.
(d) To fire Tom from the paint business.

12. What competition arises for Silas Lapham's paint business?
(a) A West Virginia paint company.
(b) An aluminum siding company.
(c) A Canadian paint company.
(d) A new quick drying paint.

13. Which of the following statements does not describe the decision Silas Lapham comes to regarding the potential buyers of the mills?
(a) They won't want to buy if he does tell them about the G.L.P.
(b) He would be as bad as Rogers if he sold to them.
(c) He can't sell to them without telling them about the G.L.P.
(d) He will not tell them about the G.L.P.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Persis Lapham tells Penelope that Tom Corey has offered to invest in her father's company, how does Penelope respond?

2. What happens to the new house in Chapter Twenty Four?

3. Who does Silas Lapham want to talk with his wife about in Chapter Eighteen?

4. What note does Penelope send to Tom Corey at the beginning of Chapter Twenty Two?

5. In Chapter Seventeen, who does Silas Lapham tell his wife he found at their house the previous night?

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