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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What physical ailment has Irene developed in Chapter Six?
(a) Indigestion.
(b) A cold.
(c) A headache.
(d) A broken arm.

3. Why does Bromfield not think Tom will stick with the paint business long?
(a) Silas Lapham will likely be displeased with Tom's work.
(b) Silas Lapham will likely get on Tom's nerves.
(c) Tom is allergic to paint.
(d) Tom tends to lose interest in things after a short while.

4. Why does Penelope Lapham think Tom Corey and Irene Lapham need to spend more time alone?
(a) She wants Irene to get in trouble with their parents.
(b) She thinks they are in love and want more time alone.
(c) She thinks it will help them figure out if they like each other.
(d) She needs the time alone with her own boyfriend.

5. In Chapter Four, with whom does Silas Lapham sit in the frame of a bay window at the construction site of the family's new Beacon Street house?
(a) His daughters.
(b) His wife.
(c) Bromfield Corey.
(d) Mr. Sewell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why hasn't Bromfield Corey seen Bartley Hubbard's article in The Events about Silas Lapham?

2. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes Silas Lapham to his father?

3. Who comes to the Lapham home on Nankeen Square to see if Silas Lapham is ill when Lapham doesn't show up at work?

4. In Chapter Two, who sends Persis Lapham a lithographed circular soliciting for donations to a charity?

5. In Chapter Nine, who suggests inviting the Laphams to dinner?

(see the answer key)

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