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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Laphams come to believe their home in Boston is in an unfashionable neighborhood?
(a) A newspaper article states that it is.
(b) The fashionable Anna Corey implies that it is.
(c) Their daughters decree that it is.
(d) A fashion magazine tells them it is.

2. Why does Persis Lapham call her husband the Colonel?
(a) Silas Lapham reminds her of her father, an army colonel.
(b) Silas Lapham was a colonel in the Revolutionary War.
(c) Silas Lapham was a colonel in the Civil War.
(d) Silas Lapham is rigid and disciplined like an army officer.

3. While conversing with his mother in Chapter Eight, what does Tom Corey tell his mother about Penelope Lapham?
(a) That she's smart.
(b) That she's fashionable.
(c) That she's humorous.
(d) That she's pretty.

4. In Chapter Three, who do Silas and Persis Lapham run into while visiting the construction site of their new home?
(a) Bromfield Corey.
(b) Persis Lapham's aged mother.
(c) Milton Rogers, Lapham's former partner.
(d) Mr. Sewell.

5. What is Anna Corey's reaction when her husband Bromfield tells her their son has decided to join Silas Lapham's paint business?
(a) She is elated Tom will be doing honest work.
(b) She faints.
(c) She demands that Tom leave Lapham's employ at once.
(d) She insists Bromfield should have stopped the boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first discovers Silas Lapham's paint mine?

2. For whom does Silas Lapham name his top brand of paint?

3. Why does Bromfield Corey think rich girls would offer his son a greater chance at a quiet life than poor girls?

4. What have the Corey ladies lost when they first meet the Laphams?

5. Where are the Laphams traveling when they meet another Boston family, the rich and fashionable Coreys?

(see the answer key)

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