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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. With what keen sense does Nanny Corey read novels?
(a) A sense of artistry and desire to write her own novel.
(b) A sense of adventure and romance.
(c) A sense of their inaccuracy as representations of life.
(d) A sense of moral indignation.

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

3. What physical ailment does Tom Corey have in Chapter Twenty One?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) An earache.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) A headache.

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

5. Who does Persis Lapham find crying in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Tom Corey.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Irene.
(d) Nanny Corey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might Silas Lapham have to sell because of the financial trouble he is into with Rogers?

2. What subject does Persis urgently need to discuss with Silas in Chapter Eighteen?

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

4. Which of the following statements is not something Tom Corey is told about Lapham's paint business in Chapter Twenty One?

5. Who tells Irene the truth about Tom Corey's feelings for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What revelation does Tom Corey make to Penelope Lapham in Chapter Sixteen and what is Penelope's surprising reaction to the news?

2. What opinion does Anna Corey form of Penelope Lapham during her visit with Persis and Penelope?

3. What bad news does Walker the bookkeeper deliver to Silas Lapham about Lapham's paint company in Chapter Twenty One?

4. What is Tom Corey's reaction when he learns that the Laphams have believed he prefers Irene to Penelope?

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

6. Describe Anna Corey's visit to the Lapham home in Chapter Twelve.

7. How do the Laphams react to the dinner invitation from the aristocratic Coreys?

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

9. What mistakes does Silas Lapham commit at the Corey dinner party?

10. What opinion does Penelope Lapham give Tom Corey about the novel Tears, Idle Tears?

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