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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna Corey think of her son going into Lapham's mineral paint business?
(a) She thinks his father should do the same.
(b) She supports the idea.
(c) She finds the idea distasteful.
(d) She prefers he start his own company.

2. In Chapter Five, what business does Tom Corey tell his father he wants to go into?
(a) Banking.
(b) Law.
(c) Real estate.
(d) Lapham's mineral paint business.

3. Who does Silas Lapham credit for his Christian upbringing?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His older sister.
(d) His father.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham?
(a) She prefers housekeeping to studying.
(b) She is an intellectual with a college degree.
(c) She spends her leisure time shopping
(d) She is beautiful.

5. In Chapter Two, who sends Persis Lapham a lithographed circular soliciting for donations to a charity?
(a) The governor's wife.
(b) Anna Corey.
(c) Her daughter's teacher.
(d) Mr. Sewell.

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. Which member of the Lapham family is left alone with Tom Corey when he visits the site of their new Beacon Street house in Chapter Four?

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

4. Which of the following statements does not appear in the description of Silas Lapham that Bartley Hubbard writes for his newspaper article?

5. Why does Persis Lapham call her husband the Colonel?

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