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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 word best describes the narrator's tone toward modern parenting practices?
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) Skeptical.
(c) Confused.
(d) Concerned.

2. What is Billy doing as the adults around him begin to argue loudly?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Playing with his toy.
(c) Eating more cake.
(d) Crying.

3. What are the children doing when Edith and Ede arrive at the party?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Playing a game.
(c) Watching a magician.
(d) Eating candy.

4. What does John do to accommodate Edith's wishes?
(a) Brings a camera to take pictures at the party.
(b) Stops to get a baby gift on his way home.
(c) Stops to get Ede a sweater on his way to the party.
(d) Leaves work early so that he can get to the party before it ends.

5. What is implied about the sudden end to the phone conversation between Edith and John when she tells him about the baby party?
(a) John hears his boss coming and quickly ends the personal call.
(b) The unreliable phone service in the suburbs has cut out.
(c) Ede has pulled the phone out of her mother's hand.
(d) Edith is angry at her husband and has hung up on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Edith is interrupted, on page 9, as she says that Mrs. Markey is making "a mountain out of--" what idea is she trying to convey?

2. When John walks into the Markey house, what is the first thing that Edith tells him?

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

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

5. What causes the two men to stop fighting?

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