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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Baby Party".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Androses know the Markeys?
(a) Joe and John work at the same firm.
(b) They are next-door neighbors.
(c) Joe and John went to college together.
(d) They are in the same bridge club.

2. As John walks to the Markeys' house, what is he wondering about?
(a) How Ede will compare to the other children.
(b) Whether his wife is having a good time.
(c) Whether his friend Joe will be at the party.
(d) How long he will be expected to stay at the party.

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

4. Edith thinks that Mrs. Markey is "snippy" (5). What does she think is true about Mrs. Markey?
(a) She wants to know everything about everyone just so that she can gossip.
(b) She has a stuck-up and short-tempered way of speaking.
(c) Her lack of attention to detail causes problems for others.
(d) Her friendship is fake and she often criticizes people behind their backs.

5. When Joe Markey comes downstairs and hears Edith insult his wife and child, what does he tell Edith to do?
(a) Control herself.
(b) Mind her manners.
(c) Get out of his house.
(d) Apologize to his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What technique is used in the page 3 phrase "her eyes with their irises of morning blue"?

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

4. When Edith tells Ede, on page 8, that she is a "bad girl," what does Ede do?

5. What does Ede do right after Mrs. Markey says that she does not find the situation funny?

(see the answer key)

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