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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 amuses John about the idea of the baby party?
(a) The idea of the babies causing chaos in someone else's house.
(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 mothers all making critical remarks about one another's children.

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

3. When John walks into the Markey house, what is the first thing that Edith tells him?
(a) He needs to defend his daughter.
(b) The Markeys are throwing her out of the house.
(c) His lateness caused her to lose her temper.
(d) Mrs. Markey has been calling her names.

4. What does Edith feel when she joins Ede in her misbehavior?
(a) Shame and embarrassment.
(b) Anxiety and exhilaration.
(c) Relief and freedom.
(d) Solidarity and defiance.

5. At the end of the story, what does John tell Edith he expects her to do?
(a) Stop going over to the Markeys' house.
(b) Apologize to Mrs. Markey.
(c) Teach Ede better manners.
(d) Punish Ede for shoving Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When Edith tells Ede, on page 8, that she is a "bad girl," what does Ede do?

3. What interrupts Edith's thoughts about John as the party is winding down?

4. In the passage that describes the babies trying to get into the kitchen, how does the narrator's diction create a comic effect?

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

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