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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 tell John she thought that he and Joe were going to do when she went back into the house?
(a) Go to the bar to get a drink together.
(b) Fight each other.
(c) Argue a little bit and then come inside.
(d) Shake hands and make peace.

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Markey say should be the consequence of Ede's behavior?
(a) She should have to give Billy one of her toys.
(b) She should be spanked.
(c) She should not be allowed to go to the next party.
(d) She should have to apologize to Billy.

5. What does John hear as he is heading back into his house after the fight?
(a) A police siren approaching the house.
(b) An argument starting between Joe and Mrs. Markey.
(c) The sound of the later train that he usually takes home from work.
(d) The sound of Ede's laughter from inside his house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is used on page 3 when John's life is described as "a series of struggles up a series of rugged hills"?

3. What does John do to accommodate Edith's wishes?

4. What interrupts the argument between Joe and John?

5. How old is John Andros?

(see the answer key)

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