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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. 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.

2. In their determination not to be the first guests to arrive at the Coreys' dinner party, what do the Laphams end up being?
(a) The last guests to arrive.
(b) Half an hour late.
(c) Too anxious and fretful to enjoy themselves at the party.
(d) The second guests to arrive.

3. What novel do the guests at the Coreys' dinner party discuss?
(a) Middlemarch.
(b) Tears, Idle Tears.
(c) David Copperfield.
(d) Tom Sawyer.

4. Which of the Laphams is happiest about the Coreys' dinner invitation?
(a) Silas.
(b) Irene.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Persis.

5. What does Silas Lapham decide to shut down in Chapter Twenty Three?
(a) His office.
(b) The Works.
(c) His newspaper business.
(d) His mills.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Silas Lapham decide not to sell his new house?

3. How long does Silas Lapham give Milton Rogers to produce the parties who Rogers claims want to buy the mills?

4. In Chapter Seventeen, who does Silas Lapham tell his wife he found at their house the previous night?

5. On what street do the Coreys live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Laphams react to the dinner invitation from the aristocratic Coreys?

2. What is Persis Lapham's reaction to Tom Corey's revelation when Penelope shares it with her?

3. What is Tom Corey's reaction when he learns that the Laphams have believed he prefers Irene to Penelope?

4. What business proposal does Silas Lapham discuss with James Bellingham in Chapter Twenty Five, and what counter suggestion does Bellingham make?

5. What destroys Silas Lapham's new house and how does that situation add to Lapham's financial woes?

6. Why do the Coreys decide to invite the Laphams to dinner if they don't really like them?

7. What different opinions are expressed by the guests at the Coreys' dinner party about the novel Tears, Idle Tears?

8. What opinion does Anna Corey form of Penelope Lapham during her visit with Persis and Penelope?

9. Describe how Silas Lapham confronts Milton Rogers in Chapter Twenty One and how Rogers responds to that confrontation.

10. Describe the business deal Silas Lapham and Milton Rogers make regarding the mills.

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