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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 word best describes the narrator's tone toward modern parenting practices?
(a) Confused.
(b) Concerned.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Enthusiastic.

2. When John argues with Joe, what does John make the argument about?
(a) Their relative social status.
(b) The silliness of having a party for babies.
(c) The quality of Joe's manhood.
(d) The merits of their respective wives.

3. What are the children doing when Edith and Ede arrive at the party?
(a) Watching a magician.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Eating candy.
(d) Playing a game.

4. What causes the two men to stop fighting?
(a) They realize they have no reason to fight.
(b) They realize that neither one of them can actually win.
(c) They realize that someone is coming down the sidewalk.
(d) They grow too tired to keep fighting.

5. When Joe Markey comes downstairs and hears Edith insult his wife and child, what does he tell Edith to do?
(a) Mind her manners.
(b) Apologize to his wife.
(c) Get out of his house.
(d) Control herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ede named after?

2. John enjoys hearing Ede's "non sequiturs" (3). What does this describe in his daughter's speech?

3. What is Billy doing as the adults around him begin to argue loudly?

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

5. What technique is used in the page 3 phrase "her eyes with their irises of morning blue"?

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