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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Silas Lapham's response when Persis asks him who Mrs. M is?
(a) He says it's an employee.
(b) He says he doesn't know what she means.
(c) He says it's an old school friend.
(d) He says it's his girlfriend.

5. Why does Penelope greet Tom Corey when he visits her home in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Her father is not home at the time.
(b) Irene sends her downstairs as an emissary.
(c) Irene is ill.
(d) Tom asks for her.

6. Who does Silas Lapham want to talk with his wife about in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Milton Rogers.
(b) Bromfield Corey.
(c) Irene.
(d) Jim Millon.

7. 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) His father's potent French wines.
(b) His family's snobbery.
(c) Lapham's eagerness to seem friendly.
(d) Serving wine to a man not used to drinking it.

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

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

10. What collateral of Milton Rogers's is Silas Lapham going to sell for what they will fetch in the market?
(a) Rogers's house in the country.
(b) Rogers's stocks and his mills.
(c) Rogers's gold watch.
(d) Rogers's diamond ring.

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

12. With whom is Irene staying in Dubuque?
(a) Silas Lapham's brother, William, and his family.
(b) An old school friend.
(c) Her paternal grandparents.
(d) Her maternal grandparents.

13. What does Irene buy at the apothecary?
(a) Medication for an upset stomach.
(b) Medication for depression.
(c) A powder to help her sleep.
(d) Aspirin for a headache.

14. Why do Persis and Silas Lapham begin to feel glad their daughter is not engaged to Tom Corey?
(a) So they won't be embarrassed due to their financial losses.
(b) Tom Corey has bad manners.
(c) The Coreys are rude and snobbish.
(d) A richer man develops an interest in their daughter.

15. Who saves Lapham's life during the Civil War by taking a bullet meant for Lapham?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Jim Millon.
(c) Milton Rogers.
(d) Persis Lapham's father, George.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To where does Silas Lapham take his wife and daughter in Chapter Twenty Two to cheer them all up?

3. Who refers to Silas Lapham as General Lapham instead of by his true title of Colonel Lapham?

4. How does Persis Lapham shock Penelope out of her depression over Tom Corey?

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

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