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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 technique is used in the page 3 phrase "her eyes with their irises of morning blue"?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Imagery.

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

3. What surprising thing does Joe say to John after the fight?
(a) He tells John that he only fought him to make his wife happy.
(b) He tells John that it was a good fight, and he enjoyed it.
(c) He asks if John wants to come into his house to get cleaned up.
(d) He asks John if he and Edith want to come over to play bridge the next evening.

4. What does Ede think the stuffed bear that Billy is holding is?
(a) A cat.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A monster.
(d) A dog.

5. What does John hear as he is heading back into his house after the fight?
(a) The sound of the later train that he usually takes home from work.
(b) A police siren approaching the house.
(c) The sound of Ede's laughter from inside his house.
(d) An argument starting between Joe and Mrs. Markey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say, on page 6, is the "real business of the afternoon"?

3. After they leave the Markeys' house, why does John watch to make sure that Edith has reached their own walkway?

4. What is comical about the fight between Joe and John?

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

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