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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 whom is Irene staying in Dubuque?
(a) Her paternal grandparents.
(b) Silas Lapham's brother, William, and his family.
(c) Her maternal grandparents.
(d) An old school friend.

2. What does Nanny Corey think the novel discussed at her family's dinner party should have been called?
(a) Heaven, Sweet Heaven.
(b) Boredom, Eternal Boredom.
(c) Sin, Blatant Sin.
(d) Slop, Silly Slop.

3. Why does Persis send a note to her husband in Chapter Seventeen asking him to meet her early in the afternoon?
(a) She wants to tell him of Tom Corey's love for Penelope.
(b) She wants to confront him about Zerilla.
(c) She wants to ask him to give Rogers another loan.
(d) She wants to ask for a divorce.

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

5. When Milton Rogers comes to visit Silas Lapham at the office in Chapter Twenty One and says he thought the railroad would pay a fair price for the mills, what does Lapham accuse Rogers of doing?
(a) Trying to marry Irene.
(b) Trying to steal Persis from him.
(c) Lying.
(d) Trying to ru in his business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe Penelope's opinion of the novel she and Tom Corey discuss?

2. To where does Persis Lapham take Irene at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?

3. When Silas Lapham visits his new house, what does he do there?

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

5. What competition arises for Silas Lapham's paint business?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. Describe the business deal Silas Lapham and Milton Rogers make regarding the mills.

6. Where does Irene go after learning the truth about Tom Corey's feelings for her, and what do her letters indicate about her activities there?

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

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

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

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

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