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

2. When Joe angrily asks John if John thinks he is going to get away with the things he has just said, what does John do?
(a) Turns around to confront Joe again.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Punches Joe in the face.
(d) Walks out the door.

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

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

5. How old is Ede when the story takes place?
(a) 2.
(b) 2 1/2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1 1/2.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is implied about the sudden end to the phone conversation between Edith and John when she tells him about the baby party?

3. What technique is used in the page 4 phrase "the moon was out, shining with proud brilliance on the thin sugary snow"?

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

5. What word does Mrs. Markey use on page 9 that infuriates Edith?

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