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

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

3. 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) Punches Joe in the face.
(b) Turns around to confront Joe again.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Walks out the door.

4. What does John do to accommodate Edith's wishes?
(a) Stops to get Ede a sweater on his way to the party.
(b) Stops to get a baby gift on his way home.
(c) Leaves work early so that he can get to the party before it ends.
(d) Brings a camera to take pictures at the party.

5. In the passage that describes the babies trying to get into the kitchen, how does the narrator's diction create a comic effect?
(a) Through contrast.
(b) Through understatement.
(c) Through double entendre.
(d) Through parody.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Ede named after?

3. What does the most difficult part of parenting seem to be for John?

4. What causes the two men to stop fighting?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the mothers react to Ede, and how does she react to the party?

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

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

5. How does Edith feel about talking to Mrs. Markey?

6. What time does Edith Andros arrive at the baby party, and why?

7. Before John arrives at the party, why is Edith irritated with him?

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

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

10. What reason does the narrator give for the children's good behavior?

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