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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Silas Lapham loan money in Chapter Ten?
(a) Tom Corey.
(b) Milton Rogers.
(c) Mr. Sewell.
(d) Bromfield Corey.

2. What is Anna Corey's reaction when her husband Bromfield tells her their son has decided to join Silas Lapham's paint business?
(a) She insists Bromfield should have stopped the boy.
(b) She demands that Tom leave Lapham's employ at once.
(c) She faints.
(d) She is elated Tom will be doing honest work.

3. Why do the Laphams come to believe their home in Boston is in an unfashionable neighborhood?
(a) A fashion magazine tells them it is.
(b) A newspaper article states that it is.
(c) The fashionable Anna Corey implies that it is.
(d) Their daughters decree that it is.

4. In Chapter Nine, who thinks the Lapham family is below the Corey family?
(a) Irene Lapham.
(b) Tom Corey.
(c) Silas Lapham.
(d) Bromfield Corey.

5. Which of the following statements is not a way Tom Corey describes Silas Lapham to his father?
(a) He brags about being able to spend money.
(b) His range of ideas is limited.
(c) He's simple-hearted and wholesome.
(d) He is intelligent and articulate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Irene ask Tom Corey to suggest for the new room in the Laphams' Beacon Street home?

2. Where does Silas Lapham decide to build a new more fashionable home?

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

4. What does Anna Corey mean when she says there is no need for Tom to earn a living either through work or marriage?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of girl does Bromfield Corey think his son Tom should marry, and how do the Lapham girls compare to Bromfield's ideal daughter-in-law?

2. When Tom Corey comes to their new home's construction site, why do the Laphams leave him alone with Irene?

3. What information is revealed about Zerrilla Dewey in Chapter Eight and what does Walker the bookkeeper seem to imply about her relationship with Silas Lapham?

4. Describe Tom Corey's discussion with his mother in Chapter Eight about his entering Silas Lapham's paint business.

5. Describe the Laphams' first meeting with the Corey family.

6. Describe how Silas Lapham gets into the paint business.

7. Why does Silas Lapham decide to build a new house?

8. Why does Bartley Hubbard interview Silas Lapham, and what differing views of success do Hubbard and Lapham have?

9. How does Silas Lapham feel about having Tom Corey work for him, and how does he feel about Tom's work?

10. Which Lapham sister does Tom Corey talk about when he visits the Laphams and which one does he not talk about, and what do his conversational tendencies indicate?

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