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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 decide is true about John when he has not arrived by six o'clock?
(a) He has little pride in his own child.
(b) He has lost track of time at work.
(c) He shows no interest in the things that make Edith happy.
(d) He has forgotten all about her request.

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

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

4. What causes the two men to stop fighting?
(a) They realize that someone is coming down the sidewalk.
(b) They realize they have no reason to fight.
(c) They grow too tired to keep fighting.
(d) They realize that neither one of them can actually win.

5. What terms does John use on page 4 as he wonders about Ede's party dress?
(a) "Bizarre and expensive."
(b) "Monstrous and vain."
(c) "Incomprehensible and frilly."
(d) "Radical and mature."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edith feel when she joins Ede in her misbehavior?

2. What does John hear as he is heading back into his house after the fight?

3. Who is Ede named after?

4. John enjoys hearing Ede's "non sequiturs" (3). What does this describe in his daughter's speech?

5. How do the Androses know the Markeys?

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