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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXII and XXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe the decision Silas Lapham comes to regarding the potential buyers of the mills?
(a) They won't want to buy if he does tell them about the G.L.P.
(b) He would be as bad as Rogers if he sold to them.
(c) He can't sell to them without telling them about the G.L.P.
(d) He will not tell them about the G.L.P.

2. Which of the following statements does not describe Silas Lapham's interactions with Zerilla Dewey and her mother, Moll Millon, in Chapter Twenty Three?
(a) Lapham tells Zerilla's husband to find work.
(b) Zerilla and Moll take Silas and Persis out to lunch.
(c) Moll Millon demands money from Lapham.
(d) Zerilla needs help dealing with her drunken husband.

3. On what street is the Lapham family's Boston home located?
(a) Rodeo Drive.
(b) Nankeen Square.
(c) Main Street.
(d) Fifth Avenue.

4. What does Persis Lapham fret about after receiving Anna Corey's dinner invitation?
(a) What she and her family should wear to the dinner.
(b) Whether to attend the dinner or not.
(c) How to impress the Coreys.
(d) What carriage her family should take to the dinner.

5. To how much does Persis Lapham limit her husband's spending on their new home?
(a) Ten thousand dollars.
(b) One hundred thousand dollars.
(c) Fifty thousand dollars.
(d) One million dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Irene buy at the apothecary?

2. What does Persis Lapham try unsuccessfully to get her husband to understand at the end of Chapter Nine?

3. Who says she will never live in the Lapham's new house on Back Bay?

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

5. How does Anna Corey describe Penelope Lapham to Bromfield Corey?

(see the answer key)

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