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

2. What does the most difficult part of parenting seem to be for John?
(a) Understanding the needs of a small child.
(b) Worrying about how to provide for his family.
(c) Letting his child develop into her own person.
(d) Tolerating the mess and chaos of a small child.

3. Why does Mr. Markey go upstairs after the altercation between Billy and Ede?
(a) To get witch-hazel.
(b) To get another teddy bear.
(c) To call the doctor.
(d) To calm himself 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?
(a) Through parody.
(b) Through contrast.
(c) Through understatement.
(d) Through double entendre.

5. How long is the fight between John and Joe?
(a) 2 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Markey say should be the consequence of Ede's behavior?

3. What word does Mrs. Markey use to describe Ede on page 5 that Edith takes as a potential criticism?

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

5. What causes the two men to stop fighting?

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