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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXI.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Silas Lapham believes Tom Corey's sole interest is the mineral paint business, but what does Persis Lapham believe has also captured Tom's interest?
(a) Irene.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Silas Lapham's work ethic.
(d) The Lapham family's hospitality.

3. Who tells Tom Corey of Silas Lapham's potential financial ruin?
(a) Persis Lapham.
(b) Zeirlla Dewey.
(c) Walker, Lapham's bookkeeper.
(d) Penelope.

4. What might Silas Lapham have to sell because of the financial trouble he is into with Rogers?
(a) His Back Bay home.
(b) His paint business.
(c) His cottage.
(d) His wife's jewelry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Irene refuses to join Tom Corey and her family for tea in Chapter Six, what is her mother's reaction?

2. How long does Silas Lapham travel out west at the beginning of Chapter Twenty One?

3. Who meets the boat with a carriage and driver to take Silas Lapham and Tom Corey home?

4. What does Anna Corey think of her son going into Lapham's mineral paint business?

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?

(see the answer key)

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