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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 4 phrase "the moon was out, shining with proud brilliance on the thin sugary snow"?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Personification.
(d) Euphemism.

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

3. Who is Ede named after?
(a) Her father's sister.
(b) Her mother's mother.
(c) Her father's mother.
(d) Her mother.

4. What word describes John's attitude toward Joe during their argument?
(a) Pitying.
(b) Wounded.
(c) Contemptuous.
(d) Ambivalent.

5. What interrupts Edith's thoughts about John as the party is winding down?
(a) Ede pushes Billy down and Billy cries out.
(b) Mrs. Markey suggests that Edith might want to call John.
(c) The doorbell rings and another father enters the room.
(d) Billy opens a present and Ede asks her mother what it is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Edith eager for John to arrive at the Markeys' house?

2. Besides "rude," what does Edith call Mrs. Markey on page 10?

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

4. What word does Mrs. Markey use to describe Ede on page 5 that Edith takes as a potential criticism?

5. What does Edith decide is true about John when he has not arrived by six o'clock?

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