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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Baby Party".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Edith is interrupted, on page 9, as she says that Mrs. Markey is making "a mountain out of--" what idea is she trying to convey?
(a) Mrs. Markey is lying about Billy being hurt.
(b) Mrs. Markey is just trying to make Edith look bad.
(c) Mrs. Markey is enjoying the attention she is getting.
(d) Mrs. Markey is making a big deal over nothing.
2. What word does Mrs. Markey use to describe Ede on page 5 that Edith takes as a potential criticism?
(a) "Fresh."
(b) "Little."
(c) "Baby."
(d) "Smart."
3. What interrupts Edith's thoughts about John as the party is winding down?
(a) Ede pushes Billy down and Billy cries out.
(b) Billy opens a present and Ede asks her mother what it is.
(c) Mrs. Markey suggests that Edith might want to call John.
(d) The doorbell rings and another father enters the room.
4. In the passage that describes the babies trying to get into the kitchen, how does the narrator's diction create a comic effect?
(a) Through understatement.
(b) Through double entendre.
(c) Through parody.
(d) Through contrast.
5. What does the most difficult part of parenting seem to be for John?
(a) Understanding the needs of a small child.
(b) Worrying about how to provide for his family.
(c) Letting his child develop into her own person.
(d) Tolerating the mess and chaos of a small child.
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 does Edith decide is true about John when he has not arrived by six o'clock?
3. What is implied about the sudden end to the phone conversation between Edith and John when she tells him about the baby party?
4. What technique is used in the page 3 phrase "her eyes with their irises of morning blue"?
5. When Edith tells Ede, on page 8, that she is a "bad girl," what does Ede do?
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