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

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

4. What technique is used in the page 4 phrase "the moon was out, shining with proud brilliance on the thin sugary snow"?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Personification.
(d) Euphemism.

5. 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?
(a) Mrs. Markey is making a big deal over nothing.
(b) Mrs. Markey is lying about Billy being hurt.
(c) Mrs. Markey is just trying to make Edith look bad.
(d) Mrs. Markey is enjoying the attention she is getting.

6. What word describes John's attitude toward Joe during their argument?
(a) Ambivalent.
(b) Pitying.
(c) Wounded.
(d) Contemptuous.

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

8. 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.

9. 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 are more emotional than rational.
(c) Ideas that are more fantasy than reality.
(d) Ideas that flow continuously without waiting for a response.

10. 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 "tolerably, given the circumstances."
(d) They behave "like little animals."

11. When Joe angrily asks John if John thinks he is going to get away with the things he has just said, what does John do?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Turns around to confront Joe again.
(c) Walks out the door.
(d) Punches Joe in the face.

12. What is comical about the fight between Joe and John?
(a) They keep falling because of the ice and mud.
(b) Neither man knows how to fight.
(c) Neither man actually wants to fight.
(d) The way they keep arguing about the babies while they fight.

13. Why does Ede begin to cry shortly after her father arrives at the Markeys' house?
(a) She does not want to leave the party.
(b) She is confused and upset by all of the shouting.
(c) She hears Mr. Markey call both her and her mother insulting names.
(d) She is overtired and wants her father to pay attention to her.

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

15. What interrupts Edith's thoughts about John as the party is winding down?
(a) Billy opens a present and Ede asks her mother what it is.
(b) Mrs. Markey suggests that Edith might want to call John.
(c) Ede pushes Billy down and Billy cries out.
(d) The doorbell rings and another father enters the room.