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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the fight between John and Joe?

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?

3. What does the narrator mean by "even his feeling about his little girl was qualified" (3)?

4. When John arrives at the Markeys' door, whom does he hear crying?

5. What is Mrs. Markey's first concern when Ede and Billy are arguing over the teddy bear?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Markey respond to Edith's laughter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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