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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 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) A photo of Tom.
(c) A book of love poems.
(d) All the souvenirs she has collected of Tom.

2. In Chapter Twelve, what do the Corey sisters bring back from their summer vacation?
(a) New wardrobes.
(b) Studies of kelp & toadstools, rocks & rotten logs.
(c) A new housemaid.
(d) Cases of the measles.

3. Which guest at the Coreys' dinner party thinks novels are "psychical suicide" and give too much importance to love, love-making, and marriage?
(a) Mr. Sewell, the minister.
(b) Silas Lapham.
(c) Miss Kingsbury.
(d) Charles Bellingham.

4. What happens to the new house in Chapter Twenty Four?
(a) It gets robbed.
(b) A tornado hits it.
(c) It wins a contest.
(d) It burns to the ground.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Persis Lapham shock Penelope out of her depression over Tom Corey?

2. What novel do Tom Corey and Penelope discuss when Tom sees that Penelope is reading it?

3. When Lapham apologizes to Tom Corey at the office after the Coreys' dinner party for his behavior at the party, what does Tom blame for the incident?

4. Who does Persis Lapham say was never equal to Tom Corey?

5. Who tells Tom Corey of Silas Lapham's potential financial ruin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reaction of Bromfield and Anna Corey to the news that their son loves Penelope rather than Irene Lapham?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Mr. Sewell and what does he suggest that Silas and Persis Lapham do about the situation between their daughters and Tom Corey?

10. Describe Silas Lapham's financial status at the end of Chapter Twenty One and how it compares to his financial status at the beginning of the novel?

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