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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 amuses John about the idea of the baby party?
(a) The idea that anyone would want to go to a party for babies.
(b) The idea that babies would even understand the idea of a party.
(c) The idea of the mothers all making critical remarks about one another's children.
(d) The idea of the babies causing chaos in someone else's house.

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

3. What does the narrator mean by "even his feeling about his little girl was qualified" (3)?
(a) John is aware that his daughter is spoiled, but he loves her anyway.
(b) John takes pride in making sure that his daughter has everything she needs.
(c) John's earlier battles with illness and poverty make him especially grateful for his child.
(d) John understands that fatherhood, like most things, is imperfect.

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 parody.
(b) Through contrast.
(c) Through understatement.
(d) Through double entendre.

5. What does Edith feel when she joins Ede in her misbehavior?
(a) Solidarity and defiance.
(b) Relief and freedom.
(c) Shame and embarrassment.
(d) Anxiety and exhilaration.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On page 6, how does the narrator characterize the behavior of the children at the party?

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

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

5. What technique is used in the page 3 phrase "the weary merry-go-round of the commuting train"?

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