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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Baby Party".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the story, what does John tell Edith he expects her to do?
(a) Teach Ede better manners.
(b) Stop going over to the Markeys' house.
(c) Punish Ede for shoving Billy.
(d) Apologize to Mrs. Markey.

2. How long is the fight between John and Joe?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 2 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

3. What word does the narrator use on page 3 to describe the moments that John spends on the phone with Ede?
(a) Wondrous.
(b) Amusing.
(c) Vivid.
(d) Bewildering.

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. In the passage that describes the babies trying to get into the kitchen, how does the narrator's diction create a comic effect?
(a) Through understatement.
(b) Through parody.
(c) Through contrast.
(d) Through double entendre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the children doing when Edith and Ede arrive at the party?

2. Why does Mr. Markey go upstairs after the altercation between Billy and Ede?

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

4. Why are all of the children at the party so carefully dressed?

5. What is Billy doing as the adults around him begin to argue loudly?

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