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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. From where do the Corey women return at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Bar Harbor.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Portsmouth.
(d) Seattle.

6. What does Irene give Penelope after learning the truth about Tom Corey's feelings for her?
(a) A new dress to wear on a date with Tom.
(b) All the souvenirs she has collected of Tom.
(c) A book of love poems.
(d) A photo of Tom.

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

8. 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) Ten days.
(c) A week.
(d) A month.

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

10. When Silas Lapham visits his new house, what does he do there?
(a) Has trysts with Zerilla.
(b) Reads a book.
(c) Takes a nap.
(d) Builds a fire to try the chimney.

11. How many sisters does Tom Corey have?
(a) Four.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

12. Who does Milton Rogers claim might want to buy the mills?
(a) An Italian.
(b) The Coreys.
(c) A Frenchman.
(d) Some English investors.

13. When Anna Corey visits the Laphams in Chapter Twelve, how does Mrs. Lapham feel about the visit?
(a) Pleased Mrs. Corey finally recognizes her.
(b) Nervous and uncomfortable and afraid of Mrs. Corey.
(c) Convinced it means the Coreys approve of Irene.
(d) That it can't end soon enough because she hates Anna.

14. Who does Irene mention frequently in her letters from Dubuque?
(a) Her fear about her father's health.
(b) The fashions in Iowa.
(c) Her hatred of Penelope.
(d) Cousin Will.

15. In Chapter Seventeen, who does Silas Lapham tell his wife he found at their house the previous night?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Tom Corey.
(c) Zerilla Dewey.
(d) Milton Rogers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silas Lapham wear to the Corey dinner that no other man there wears?

2. What advice is given to Silas and Persis Lapham at the end of Chapter Eighteen to handle the situation with Tom Corey?

3. How does the elegant and classically designed Corey home seem to the Laphams when they enter it?

4. Who says she will never live in the Lapham's new house on Back Bay?

5. From whom do the Laphams receive a letter at the beginning of Chapter Twenty Two?

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