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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 is comical about the fight between Joe and John?
(a) Neither man actually wants to fight.
(b) Neither man knows how to fight.
(c) The way they keep arguing about the babies while they fight.
(d) They keep falling because of the ice and mud.

2. When Edith tells Ede, on page 8, that she is a "bad girl," what does Ede do?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Cries.
(c) Shrugs.
(d) Hides.

3. What technique is used in the page 3 phrase "the weary merry-go-round of the commuting train"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Juxtaposition.

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

5. Why does Mr. Markey go upstairs after the altercation between Billy and Ede?
(a) To get witch-hazel.
(b) To calm himself down.
(c) To get another teddy bear.
(d) To call the doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the meaning of "amity" as it is used on page 5?

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

4. What word does the narrator use on page 3 to describe the moments that John spends on the phone with Ede?

5. As John walks to the Markeys' house, what is he wondering about?

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