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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the passage that describes the babies trying to get into the kitchen, how does the narrator's diction create a comic effect?

2. Why is Edith eager for John to arrive at the Markeys' house?

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?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is John's response to Edith's request that he stop by the baby party, and why?

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

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

4. What does John tell Edith about how he ended up fighting Joe, and what is the truth?

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

6. What does Edith do each weekday afternoon, and why?

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

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

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

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

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