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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 causes the two men to stop fighting?
(a) They grow too tired to keep fighting.
(b) They realize they have no reason to fight.
(c) They realize that someone is coming down the sidewalk.
(d) They realize that neither one of them can actually win.

2. What interrupts Edith's thoughts about John as the party is winding down?
(a) The doorbell rings and another father enters the room.
(b) Mrs. Markey suggests that Edith might want to call John.
(c) Ede pushes Billy down and Billy cries out.
(d) Billy opens a present and Ede asks her mother what it is.

3. John enjoys hearing Ede's "non sequiturs" (3). What does this describe in his daughter's speech?
(a) Ideas that are more fantasy than reality.
(b) Ideas that have no logical connection.
(c) Ideas that flow continuously without waiting for a response.
(d) Ideas that are more emotional than rational.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At the end of the story, what does John tell Edith he expects her to do?

4. How do the Androses know the Markeys?

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

(see the answer key)

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