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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 Ede do when Billy tries to get his toy back from her?
(a) Hides under the dining room table with the toy.
(b) Hits Billy in the face.
(c) Pushes Billy down deliberately.
(d) Cries for her mother.

2. To John Andros, what does Ede represent?
(a) His ability to provide for others.
(b) His and Edith's love.
(c) His own life continuing through her.
(d) His arrival into adulthood.

3. Edith thinks that Mrs. Markey is "snippy" (5). What does she think is true about Mrs. Markey?
(a) She wants to know everything about everyone just so that she can gossip.
(b) She has a stuck-up and short-tempered way of speaking.
(c) Her friendship is fake and she often criticizes people behind their backs.
(d) Her lack of attention to detail causes problems for others.

4. What is comical about the fight between Joe and John?
(a) Neither man knows how to fight.
(b) Neither man actually wants to fight.
(c) The way they keep arguing about the babies while they fight.
(d) They keep falling because of the ice and mud.

5. What terms does John use on page 4 as he wonders about Ede's party dress?
(a) "Incomprehensible and frilly."
(b) "Bizarre and expensive."
(c) "Monstrous and vain."
(d) "Radical and mature."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edith tell John she thought that he and Joe were going to do when she went back into the house?

2. What is the meaning of "amity" as it is used on page 5?

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 interrupts the argument between Joe and John?

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

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