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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 feel when she joins Ede in her misbehavior?
(a) Shame and embarrassment.
(b) Solidarity and defiance.
(c) Relief and freedom.
(d) Anxiety and exhilaration.

2. Who is Ede named after?
(a) Her mother's mother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father's sister.
(d) Her father's mother.

3. Why are all of the children at the party so carefully dressed?
(a) It is a way to show respect to the party's hosts.
(b) Their parents want to show them off.
(c) Their parents want them to be comfortable while they play.
(d) Mrs. Markey is known to be a snob about clothing.

4. 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) Ede has pulled the phone out of her mother's hand.
(c) Edith is angry at her husband and has hung up on him.
(d) The unreliable phone service in the suburbs has cut out.

5. How do the Androses know the Markeys?
(a) They are in the same bridge club.
(b) Joe and John work at the same firm.
(c) They are next-door neighbors.
(d) Joe and John went to college together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Edith eager for John to arrive at the Markeys' house?

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

3. Why does Ede begin to cry shortly after her father arrives at the Markeys' house?

4. What causes the two men to stop fighting?

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

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