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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where do the Corey women return at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Portsmouth.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Bar Harbor.

2. How many sisters does Tom Corey have?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. When Tom Corey approaches Silas Lapham about joining his business, how does Lapham try to treat young Corey?
(a) Like a son.
(b) Like just another worker seeking employment.
(c) Like a future son-in-law.
(d) Like a good friend.

4. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes the Lapham girls to his mother?
(a) They're cultured and sophisticated.
(b) Penelope is droll and everything that's unexpected.
(c) Irene is an extraordinary beauty.
(d) They're very simple, nice girls.

5. What novel does Tom Corey notice on a table in the Lapham parlor and begin discussing?
(a) Tom Sawyer.
(b) Nicholas Nickleby.
(c) Middlemarch.
(d) Little Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tom Corey visit his mother and sisters in Chapter Six?

2. In Chapter Twelve, what do the Corey sisters bring back from their summer vacation?

3. What collateral of Milton Rogers's is Silas Lapham going to sell for what they will fetch in the market?

4. What physical ailment does Tom Corey have in Chapter Twenty One?

5. Which member of the Lapham family refuses to attend the Coreys' dinner party?

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