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

2. What word does the narrator use on page 3 to describe the moments that John spends on the phone with Ede?
(a) Vivid.
(b) Wondrous.
(c) Amusing.
(d) Bewildering.

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

4. At the end of the story, what does John tell Edith he expects her to do?
(a) Teach Ede better manners.
(b) Stop going over to the Markeys' house.
(c) Apologize to Mrs. Markey.
(d) Punish Ede for shoving Billy.

5. When John arrives at the Markeys' door, whom does he hear crying?
(a) Billy.
(b) Ede.
(c) Edith.
(d) Mrs. Markey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used on page 3 when John's life is described as "a series of struggles up a series of rugged hills"?

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

3. What amuses John about the idea of the baby party?

4. When Ede and Billy argue over the teddy bear, what is Joe Markey's initial response?

5. Why does Ede begin to cry shortly after her father arrives at the Markeys' house?

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