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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To John Andros, what does Ede represent?
(a) His and Edith's love.
(b) His own life continuing through her.
(c) His ability to provide for others.
(d) His arrival into adulthood.

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

3. What does Edith tell John she thought that he and Joe were going to do when she went back into the house?
(a) Shake hands and make peace.
(b) Fight each other.
(c) Argue a little bit and then come inside.
(d) Go to the bar to get a drink together.

4. How old is John Andros?
(a) 32.
(b) 48.
(c) 38.
(d) 42.

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

6. John enjoys hearing Ede's "non sequiturs" (3). What does this describe in his daughter's speech?
(a) Ideas that have no logical connection.
(b) Ideas that flow continuously without waiting for a response.
(c) Ideas that are more emotional than rational.
(d) Ideas that are more fantasy than reality.

7. What technique is used on page 3 when John's life is described as "a series of struggles up a series of rugged hills"?
(a) Antistrophe.
(b) Epizeuxis.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Antithesis.

8. Edith thinks that Mrs. Markey is "snippy" (5). What does she think is true about Mrs. Markey?
(a) She wants to know everything about everyone just so that she can gossip.
(b) She has a stuck-up and short-tempered way of speaking.
(c) Her lack of attention to detail causes problems for others.
(d) Her friendship is fake and she often criticizes people behind their backs.

9. When John arrives at the Markeys' door, whom does he hear crying?
(a) Edith.
(b) Ede.
(c) Billy.
(d) Mrs. Markey.

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

11. What begins to happen after the children have their cake and ice cream?
(a) The mothers begin to plan another baby party.
(b) Guests begin to leave the party.
(c) Billy begins to open his presents.
(d) The children become fussy.

12. What interrupts the argument between Joe and John?
(a) Mrs. Markey going to fetch Edith's coat.
(b) Edith bursting into tears.
(c) A party guest comes back to get her forgotten purse.
(d) Billy and Ede beginning to play together happily.

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

14. How old is Ede when the story takes place?
(a) 2.
(b) 2 1/2.
(c) 1 1/2.
(d) 3.

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

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. What does Edith feel when she joins Ede in her misbehavior?

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

4. What does John do to accommodate Edith's wishes?

5. What does the narrator mean by "even his feeling about his little girl was qualified" (3)?

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