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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 Edith decide is true about John when he has not arrived by six o'clock?
(a) He has forgotten all about her request.
(b) He shows no interest in the things that make Edith happy.
(c) He has little pride in his own child.
(d) He has lost track of time at work.

2. What does the narrator say, on page 6, is the "real business of the afternoon"?
(a) Bragging about their husbands.
(b) Gossiping about women who are not present.
(c) Bragging about their children.
(d) Gossiping about their in-laws.

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

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

5. What word describes John's attitude toward Joe during their argument?
(a) Wounded.
(b) Contemptuous.
(c) Ambivalent.
(d) Pitying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is comical about the fight between Joe and John?

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

3. What does the most difficult part of parenting seem to be for John?

4. Why are all of the children at the party so carefully dressed?

5. What causes the two men to stop fighting?

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