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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) Pushes Billy down deliberately.
(b) Cries for her mother.
(c) Hides under the dining room table with the toy.
(d) Hits Billy in the face.

2. What is Mrs. Markey's first concern when Ede and Billy are arguing over the teddy bear?
(a) Whether Billy is physically hurt.
(b) Whether the children have gotten their clothing dirty.
(c) Whether Billy or Ede started the trouble.
(d) Whether her guests are upset.

3. What surprising thing does Joe say to John after the fight?
(a) He asks John if he and Edith want to come over to play bridge the next evening.
(b) He asks if John wants to come into his house to get cleaned up.
(c) He tells John that he only fought him to make his wife happy.
(d) He tells John that it was a good fight, and he enjoyed it.

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

5. What does John hear as he is heading back into his house after the fight?
(a) The sound of Ede's laughter from inside his house.
(b) A police siren approaching the house.
(c) An argument starting between Joe and Mrs. Markey.
(d) The sound of the later train that he usually takes home from work.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What causes the two men to stop fighting?

4. What begins to happen after the children have their cake and ice cream?

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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