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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Joe and John went to college together.
(d) They are next-door neighbors.

2. When Edith tells Ede, on page 8, that she is a "bad girl," what does Ede do?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Cries.
(c) Hides.
(d) Shrugs.

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

4. When Ede and Billy argue over the teddy bear, what is Joe Markey's initial response?
(a) He laughs and tells Edith not to worry.
(b) He scolds Ede and embarrasses Edith.
(c) He teases his son for letting a girl get the better of him.
(d) He tells his wife that it is her job to handle the children.

5. How long is the fight between John and Joe?
(a) 2 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 6, how does the narrator characterize the behavior of the children at the party?

2. What begins to happen after the children have their cake and ice cream?

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

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

5. What technique is used in the page 3 phrase "her eyes with their irises of morning blue"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do John and Joe end up fighting?

2. Describe the setting of "The Baby Party."

3. What does Mrs. Markey say about Ede when she and Edith are first talking, and how does Edith react?

4. What background information does the narrator give about John, and how does this background affect his mood when he is headed for the party?

5. What does John Andros enjoy about being a father?

6. What does Edith see when she first arrives at the baby party?

7. What does John hear when he approaches the Markeys' house, and what is his response?

8. How does the dispute between Ede and Billy begin, and what happens during their argument?

9. How does Edith prepare Ede for the party, and why?

10. What does John Andros see as the drawbacks to being a father?

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