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

2. Which of the Laphams is happiest about the Coreys' dinner invitation?
(a) Irene.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Silas.
(d) Persis.

3. What note does Penelope send to Tom Corey at the beginning of Chapter Twenty Two?
(a) A note begging him to court her sister instead.
(b) A note telling him to not come see her any more.
(c) A note declaring her love for him.
(d) A note begging him to elope with her.

4. Where is Irene Lapham when Anna Corey visits the Laphams in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Visiting Silas at his office.
(b) Visiting an old friend in Salem.
(c) In her bedroom ill with a fever.
(d) Away from home to get a book.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Silas Lapham want to talk with his wife about in Chapter Eighteen?

3. Why do Persis and Silas Lapham begin to feel glad their daughter is not engaged to Tom Corey?

4. What does Penelope write to Tom Corey?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Persis Lapham's reaction to Tom Corey's revelation when Penelope shares it with her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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