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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Miss Kingsbury.
(c) Mr. Sewell, the minister.
(d) Charles Bellingham.

2. Who refers to Silas Lapham as General Lapham instead of by his true title of Colonel Lapham?
(a) Mr. Sewell.
(b) Bromfield Corey.
(c) Charles Bellingham.
(d) Anna Corey.

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

4. When Silas Lapham starts bringing work home with him, who helps him with his paperwork?
(a) Persis.
(b) Tom Corey.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Irene.

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Penelope's opinion of the novel she and Tom Corey discuss?
(a) The heroine shouldn't let another girl have her beloved.
(b) She wonders why novel characters don't act reasonably.
(c) The characters in the book behave sensibly.
(d) The heroine sacrifices her happiness and the hero's.

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

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

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

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

10. How do Anna and Bromfield Corey feel about Penelope's behavior toward Tom?
(a) They think Penelope is too aloof.
(b) They think Penelope behaves with great decorum.
(c) They think Penelope is too clinging.
(d) They think Penelope is too demonstrative.

11. How does Anna Corey describe Penelope Lapham to Bromfield Corey?
(a) Sly and completely disagreeable.
(b) Pretty and sweet.
(c) Rude and disgusting.
(d) Very shy and timid.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sisters does Tom Corey have?

2. Why does Penelope greet Tom Corey when he visits her home in Chapter Sixteen?

3. Who does Irene mention frequently in her letters from Dubuque?

4. With what keen sense does Nanny Corey read novels?

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

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