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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Persis Lapham tells Penelope that Tom Corey has offered to invest in her father's company, how does Penelope respond?
(a) She sobs herself to sleep.
(b) Her feelings for Tom soften.
(c) She tells her father to take the loan.
(d) She agrees at last to marry Tom.

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

3. 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 is ill.
(c) Tom asks for her.
(d) Irene sends her downstairs as an emissary.

4. To where does Persis Lapham take Irene at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) The family farm in Vermont.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

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

6. Which guest at the Coreys' dinner party thinks novels are "psychical suicide" and give too much importance to love, love-making, and marriage?
(a) Silas Lapham.
(b) Mr. Sewell, the minister.
(c) Miss Kingsbury.
(d) Charles Bellingham.

7. Who tells Irene the truth about Tom Corey's feelings for her?
(a) Persis Lapham.
(b) Tom Corey.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Silas Lapham.

8. From whom has Silas Lapham purchased mills in Chapter Twenty?
(a) Milton Rogers.
(b) James Bellingham.
(c) Jim Millon.
(d) Bromfield Corey.

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

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

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

12. In their determination not to be the first guests to arrive at the Coreys' dinner party, what do the Laphams end up being?
(a) Half an hour late.
(b) The second guests to arrive.
(c) The last guests to arrive.
(d) Too anxious and fretful to enjoy themselves at the party.

13. What does Penelope write to Tom Corey?
(a) That she's going to become a nun.
(b) To come see her at once.
(c) To not come see her until she says it's okay.
(d) That she is engaged to another man.

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

15. Where is Irene Lapham when Anna Corey visits the Laphams in Chapter Twelve?
(a) In her bedroom ill with a fever.
(b) Visiting Silas at his office.
(c) Away from home to get a book.
(d) Visiting an old friend in Salem.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Irene staying in Dubuque?

2. Who tells Tom Corey of Silas Lapham's potential financial ruin?

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter Twenty Four, who tells Tom Corey how bad Silas Lapham's business troubles are?

5. What competition arises for Silas Lapham's paint business?

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