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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Markey say should be the consequence of Ede's behavior?
(a) She should not be allowed to go to the next party.
(b) She should have to apologize to Billy.
(c) She should be spanked.
(d) She should have to give Billy one of her toys.

2. What interrupts the argument between Joe and John?
(a) Mrs. Markey going to fetch Edith's coat.
(b) A party guest comes back to get her forgotten purse.
(c) Edith bursting into tears.
(d) Billy and Ede beginning to play together happily.

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

4. What technique is used in the page 4 phrase "the moon was out, shining with proud brilliance on the thin sugary snow"?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Personification.
(d) Allusion.

5. What does John do to accommodate Edith's wishes?
(a) Brings a camera to take pictures at the party.
(b) Leaves work early so that he can get to the party before it ends.
(c) Stops to get Ede a sweater on his way to the party.
(d) Stops to get a baby gift on his way home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used on page 3 when John's life is described as "a series of struggles up a series of rugged hills"?

2. Edith thinks that Mrs. Markey is "snippy" (5). What does she think is true about Mrs. Markey?

3. How do the Androses know the Markeys?

4. What does the narrator mean by "even his feeling about his little girl was qualified" (3)?

5. On page 6, how does the narrator characterize the behavior of the children at the party?

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