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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are the children doing when Edith and Ede arrive at the party?
(a) Watching a magician.
(b) Playing a game.
(c) Eating candy.
(d) Dancing.

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

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

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

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) Epizeuxis.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Antistrophe.

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

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

10. What does Mrs. Markey say should be the consequence of Ede's behavior?
(a) She should be spanked.
(b) She should not be allowed to go to the next party.
(c) She should have to give Billy one of her toys.
(d) She should have to apologize to Billy.

11. What technique is used in the page 3 phrase "the weary merry-go-round of the commuting train"?
(a) Juxtaposition.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

12. After they leave the Markeys' house, why does John watch to make sure that Edith has reached their own walkway?
(a) He does not want her to overhear what he is about to say to Joe.
(b) He wants his daughter to get out of the cold December air.
(c) He wants her safely out of the way before he and Joe fight.
(d) He is concerned that she will get into another argument with Mrs. Markey.

13. What does Edith decide is true about John when he has not arrived by six o'clock?
(a) He has little pride in his own child.
(b) He has lost track of time at work.
(c) He has forgotten all about her request.
(d) He shows no interest in the things that make Edith happy.

14. 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 babies causing chaos in someone else's house.
(c) The idea of the mothers all making critical remarks about one another's children.
(d) The idea that babies would even understand the idea of a party.

15. On page 6, how does the narrator characterize the behavior of the children at the party?
(a) They behave "like little statesmen."
(b) They behave "remarkably well."
(c) They behave "like little animals."
(d) They behave "tolerably, given the circumstances."

Short Answer Questions

1. When Edith tells Ede, on page 8, that she is a "bad girl," what does Ede do?

2. John enjoys hearing Ede's "non sequiturs" (3). What does this describe in his daughter's speech?

3. What interrupts Edith's thoughts about John as the party is winding down?

4. When Joe Markey comes downstairs and hears Edith insult his wife and child, what does he tell Edith to do?

5. What does Ede do right after Mrs. Markey says that she does not find the situation funny?

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