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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX and X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tom Corey visit his mother and sisters in Chapter Six?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Bar Harbour.
(c) Florida.
(d) Cape Cod.

2. When Irene Lapham receives a newspaper clipping from Texas, who does she think has sent it to her?
(a) Tom Corey.
(b) Kyle Rohden.
(c) Teddy Lindner.
(d) Anna Corey.

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

4. What does Silas Lapham tell Persis he doesn't like about Tom Corey?
(a) Tom lives off his father instead of supporting himself.
(b) Tom is snobbish and condescending.
(c) Tom is too young to marry one of their daughters.
(d) Tom doesn't show respect for the mineral paint business.

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Irene Lapham's appearance?
(a) She has blue eyes.
(b) She has a dark complexion and curly hair.
(c) Her eyes are at once intense and tender.
(d) She has red hair like her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business idea does Tom Corey propose to Silas Lapham that meets with Lapham's approval?

2. How many daughters do Silas and Persis Lapham have?

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

4. In Chapter Three, who do Silas and Persis Lapham run into while visiting the construction site of their new home?

5. What business does Persis Lapham tell her husband she thinks Tom Corey will never go into?

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