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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What architect is building the Laphams new house?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Crandall.
(c) Wright.
(d) Seymour.

2. What does Nanny Corey think the novel discussed at her family's dinner party should have been called?
(a) Boredom, Eternal Boredom.
(b) Slop, Silly Slop.
(c) Sin, Blatant Sin.
(d) Heaven, Sweet Heaven.

3. In Chapter Twenty Three, why does Silas Lapham wish his daughter would marry Tom Corey?
(a) So someone in the family would be happy again.
(b) So she would quit being so depressed.
(c) So the Coreys would help him financially.
(d) So Tom Corey could provide for her.

4. When Anna Corey visits the Laphams in Chapter Twelve, how does Mrs. Lapham feel about the visit?
(a) Nervous and uncomfortable and afraid of Mrs. Corey.
(b) Pleased Mrs. Corey finally recognizes her.
(c) Convinced it means the Coreys approve of Irene.
(d) That it can't end soon enough because she hates Anna.

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Penelope's opinion of the novel she and Tom Corey discuss?
(a) The heroine sacrifices her happiness and the hero's.
(b) The heroine shouldn't let another girl have her beloved.
(c) She wonders why novel characters don't act reasonably.
(d) The characters in the book behave sensibly.

6. How do Bromfield and Anna Corey respond to the news about Tom's romance?
(a) They try to interest Tom in a more aristocratic bride.
(b) They threaten to disinherit Tom.
(c) They offer to pay for the wedding.
(d) They don't like it but resign themselves to it.

7. How many sisters does Tom Corey have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

8. In Chapter Twelve, what do the Corey sisters bring back from their summer vacation?
(a) A new housemaid.
(b) New wardrobes.
(c) Studies of kelp & toadstools, rocks & rotten logs.
(d) Cases of the measles.

9. With whom is Irene staying in Dubuque?
(a) Her maternal grandparents.
(b) Her paternal grandparents.
(c) Silas Lapham's brother, William, and his family.
(d) An old school friend.

10. What is Silas Lapham's response when Persis asks him who Mrs. M is?
(a) He says it's his girlfriend.
(b) He says it's an employee.
(c) He says it's an old school friend.
(d) He says he doesn't know what she means.

11. What physical ailment does Tom Corey have in Chapter Twenty One?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) An earache.
(d) A headache.

12. How does the elegant and classically designed Corey home seem to the Laphams when they enter it?
(a) Overly fancy.
(b) Bare.
(c) Old-fashioned.
(d) Boring.

13. What does Penelope write to Tom Corey?
(a) To not come see her until she says it's okay.
(b) That she's going to become a nun.
(c) To come see her at once.
(d) That she is engaged to another man.

14. With whom does Silas Lapham suggest he and his wife discuss the matter of Tom Corey's relationship with their daughters?
(a) Mr. Sewell.
(b) Anna Corey.
(c) Milton Rogers.
(d) Bromfield Corey.

15. From whom has Silas Lapham purchased mills in Chapter Twenty?
(a) Jim Millon.
(b) Milton Rogers.
(c) Bromfield Corey.
(d) James Bellingham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the Lapham family refuses to attend the Coreys' dinner party?

2. What is the problem with Lapham's mills?

3. With what keen sense does Nanny Corey read novels?

4. What does Persis Lapham fret about after receiving Anna Corey's dinner invitation?

5. Why do Persis and Silas Lapham begin to feel glad their daughter is not engaged to Tom Corey?

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