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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Baby Party".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ede and Billy argue over the teddy bear, what is Joe Markey's initial response?
(a) He laughs and tells Edith not to worry.
(b) He teases his son for letting a girl get the better of him.
(c) He tells his wife that it is her job to handle the children.
(d) He scolds Ede and embarrasses Edith.

2. What technique is used on page 3 when John's life is described as "a series of struggles up a series of rugged hills"?
(a) Epizeuxis.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Antistrophe.
(d) Antithesis.

3. What amuses John about the idea of the baby party?
(a) The idea of the mothers all making critical remarks about one another's children.
(b) The idea that anyone would want to go to a party for babies.
(c) The idea that babies would even understand the idea of a party.
(d) The idea of the babies causing chaos in someone else's house.

4. What is implied about the sudden end to the phone conversation between Edith and John when she tells him about the baby party?
(a) The unreliable phone service in the suburbs has cut out.
(b) John hears his boss coming and quickly ends the personal call.
(c) Ede has pulled the phone out of her mother's hand.
(d) Edith is angry at her husband and has hung up on him.

5. When Edith tells Ede, on page 8, that she is a "bad girl," what does Ede do?
(a) Shrugs.
(b) Cries.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Hides.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Markey go upstairs after the altercation between Billy and Ede?

2. Why are all of the children at the party so carefully dressed?

3. When Edith is interrupted, on page 9, as she says that Mrs. Markey is making "a mountain out of--" what idea is she trying to convey?

4. What word describes John's attitude toward Joe during their argument?

5. What interrupts the argument between Joe and John?

(see the answer key)

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