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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) Solidarity and defiance.
(d) Anxiety and exhilaration.

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

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

4. How long is the fight between John and Joe?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 2 minutes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Androses know the Markeys?

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

4. What surprising thing does Joe say to John after the fight?

5. When John arrives at the Markeys' door, whom does he hear crying?

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