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

2. When John argues with Joe, what does John make the argument about?
(a) Their relative social status.
(b) The quality of Joe's manhood.
(c) The merits of their respective wives.
(d) The silliness of having a party for babies.

3. What does the most difficult part of parenting seem to be for John?
(a) Tolerating the mess and chaos of a small child.
(b) Understanding the needs of a small child.
(c) Letting his child develop into her own person.
(d) Worrying about how to provide for his family.

4. What amuses John about the idea of the baby party?
(a) The idea that anyone would want to go to a party for babies.
(b) The idea of the mothers all making critical remarks about one another's children.
(c) The idea that babies would even understand the idea of a party.
(d) The idea of the babies causing chaos in someone else's house.

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) Ede has pulled the phone out of her mother's hand.
(b) Edith is angry at her husband and has hung up on him.
(c) The unreliable phone service in the suburbs has cut out.
(d) John hears his boss coming and quickly ends the personal call.