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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Irene refuses to join Tom Corey and her family for tea in Chapter Six, what is her mother's reaction?
(a) Persis locks Irene in her room.
(b) Persis insists that Irene join everyone in the parlor later.
(c) Persis forces Irene to join everyone for tea regardless.
(d) Persis slaps Irene.

2. What newspaper has sent reporter Bartley Hubard to interview Silas Lapham in Chapter One?
(a) The Events.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The Globe.
(d) The Chronicle.

3. In Chapter Seventeen, who does Silas Lapham tell his wife he found at their house the previous night?
(a) Milton Rogers.
(b) Bromfield Corey.
(c) Zerilla Dewey.
(d) Tom Corey.

4. What kind of gambling does Silas Lapham tell his wife he has been doing in Chapter Ten?
(a) Betting on horses.
(b) Playing poker.
(c) Playing the stock market.
(d) Playing roulette.

5. What have the Corey ladies lost when they first meet the Laphams?
(a) Some of their luggage.
(b) A gold pocket watch.
(c) A diamond pendant.
(d) A blue plumed hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes the Lapham girls to his mother?

2. What does Tom Corey tell his father in Chapter Eleven that Mrs. Lapham has never done, a fact the Coreys find unusual given the Lapham wealth?

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

4. What do the Lapham sisters make fun of when discussing Tom Corey at the end of Chapter Four?

5. Whose death brings sorrow to the early years of the Lapham marriage?

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