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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 begins to happen after the children have their cake and ice cream?
(a) The mothers begin to plan another baby party.
(b) Guests begin to leave the party.
(c) The children become fussy.
(d) Billy begins to open his presents.

2. When Edith tells Ede, on page 8, that she is a "bad girl," what does Ede do?
(a) Hides.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Cries.
(d) Shrugs.

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

4. What terms does John use on page 4 as he wonders about Ede's party dress?
(a) "Bizarre and expensive."
(b) "Incomprehensible and frilly."
(c) "Monstrous and vain."
(d) "Radical and mature."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say, on page 6, is the "real business of the afternoon"?

2. What does John hear as he is heading back into his house after the fight?

3. 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?

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

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

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