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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 Tom Corey try unsuccessfully to convince Penelope of at the end of Chapter Nineteen?
(a) That his parents will accept her.
(b) That he and she have done nothing wrong.
(c) That their families have a lot in common.
(d) That Irene is going to find another lover.

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

3. How do Bromfield and Anna Corey respond to the news about Tom's romance?
(a) They don't like it but resign themselves to it.
(b) They offer to pay for the wedding.
(c) They threaten to disinherit Tom.
(d) They try to interest Tom in a more aristocratic bride.

4. Who drinks too much at the Coreys' dinner party and begins to brag as a result?
(a) Charles Bellingham.
(b) Miss Kingsbury.
(c) Silas Lapham.
(d) Irene Lapham.

5. With what does Persis Lapham worry Irene will wear herself out?
(a) Grief.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silas Lapham decide to shut down in Chapter Twenty Three?

2. Which of the following statements does not describe Silas Lapham's interactions with Zerilla Dewey and her mother, Moll Millon, in Chapter Twenty Three?

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

4. What novel do the guests at the Coreys' dinner party discuss?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What new business proposition does Milton Rogers bring Silas Lapham in Chapter Twenty Five?

2. Describe the Civil War experiences Silas Lapham relates to the other guests at the Coreys' dinner party.

3. Why do the Coreys decide to invite the Laphams to dinner if they don't really like them?

4. Which member of the Lapham family does not attend the Corey dinner party and what different reactions do Anna Corey and Persis Lapham have to the absence?

5. What business proposal does Silas Lapham discuss with James Bellingham in Chapter Twenty Five, and what counter suggestion does Bellingham make?

6. What different opinions are expressed by the guests at the Coreys' dinner party about the novel Tears, Idle Tears?

7. Describe Irene's reaction to the news that Tom Corey prefers her plainer sister, Penelope, to her.

8. What destroys Silas Lapham's new house and how does that situation add to Lapham's financial woes?

9. Describe Silas Lapham's interactions with Zerrilla Dewey and her mother, Moll Millon, in Chapter Twenty Three.

10. Describe how Silas Lapham confronts Milton Rogers in Chapter Twenty One and how Rogers responds to that confrontation.

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