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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Silas Lapham send Bartley Hubbard's wife as a present at the end of Chapter One?
(a) A bouquet of red roses.
(b) Jars of his Persis Brand paint.
(c) A new horse.
(d) A bottle of French perfume.

2. Who comes to the Lapham home on Nankeen Square to see if Silas Lapham is ill when Lapham doesn't show up at work?
(a) Milton Rogers.
(b) Lapham's bookkeeper.
(c) Zerilla Dewey.
(d) Tom Corey.

3. What does Persis Lapham do for a living before she marries Silas?
(a) She teaches school.
(b) She runs a restaurant.
(c) She owns a cattle ranch.
(d) She raises thoroughbred horses.

4. What business does Persis Lapham tell her husband she thinks Tom Corey will never go into?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Medicine.
(c) The mineral paint business.
(d) Real estate.

5. In what series of articles is the newspaper going to feature an article on Silas Lapham?
(a) The Solid Men of Boston series.
(b) The Business Men of Vermont series.
(c) The Paint Sellers of America series.
(d) The Rich Men of New York series.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many daughters do Silas and Persis Lapham have?

2. Where does Bromfield Corey visit Silas Lapham in Chapter Eleven?

3. Who does Silas Lapham credit for his Christian upbringing?

4. Why does Silas Lapham stay home the day after Bromfield Corey's visit in Chapter Eleven?

5. Where are the Laphams traveling when they meet another Boston family, the rich and fashionable Coreys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What indication is there in Chapter Ten that Tom Corey might prefer Penelope Lapham over her sister Irene?

2. What information is revealed about Zerrilla Dewey in Chapter Eight and what does Walker the bookkeeper seem to imply about her relationship with Silas Lapham?

3. What different opinions do Silas and Persis Lapham have in Chapter Seven for why Tom Corey visits them?

4. Why does Silas Lapham decide to build a new house?

5. What aspect of Tom Corey's life does Silas Lapham disapprove of, and what action does Lapham think it would take to improve Corey?

6. How does Silas Lapham feel about having Tom Corey work for him, and how does he feel about Tom's work?

7. How does Penelope react to Tom Corey's visits in Chapter Eleven, and what does her behavior indicate?

8. What happens in Chapter Ten when Milton Rogers asks Silas Lapham for a loan, and how does Persis Lapham feel about the situation?

9. What business proposals does Tom Corey suggest to Silas Lapham?

10. What is Silas Lapham's relationship with Milton Rogers and what disagreement do Silas and Persis have over Lapham's dealings with Rogers?

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