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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 technique is used in the page 3 phrase "her eyes with their irises of morning blue"?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Simile.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Imagery.

2. What amuses John about the idea of the baby party?
(a) The idea that babies would even understand the idea of a party.
(b) The idea that anyone would want to go to a party for babies.
(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.

3. What surprising thing does Joe say to John after the fight?
(a) He asks if John wants to come into his house to get cleaned up.
(b) He tells John that he only fought him to make his wife happy.
(c) He asks John if he and Edith want to come over to play bridge the next evening.
(d) He tells John that it was a good fight, and he enjoyed it.

4. When John walks into the Markey house, what is the first thing that Edith tells him?
(a) The Markeys are throwing her out of the house.
(b) He needs to defend his daughter.
(c) Mrs. Markey has been calling her names.
(d) His lateness caused her to lose her temper.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ede think the stuffed bear that Billy is holding is?

3. What interrupts the argument between Joe and John?

4. How do the Androses know the Markeys?

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

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