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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 begins to happen after the children have their cake and ice cream?
(a) Guests begin to leave the party.
(b) The children become fussy.
(c) The mothers begin to plan another baby party.
(d) Billy begins to open his presents.

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

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

4. As John walks to the Markeys' house, what is he wondering about?
(a) Whether his friend Joe will be at the party.
(b) Whether his wife is having a good time.
(c) How long he will be expected to stay at the party.
(d) How Ede will compare to the other children.

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 enjoying the attention she is getting.
(d) Mrs. Markey is just trying to make Edith look bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides "rude," what does Edith call Mrs. Markey on page 10?

2. When Ede and Billy argue over the teddy bear, what is Joe Markey's initial response?

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

4. To John Andros, what does Ede represent?

5. Why are all of the children at the party so carefully dressed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What causes Edith to laugh during the altercation between Ede and Billy?

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

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

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

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

8. How do John and Joe end up fighting?

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

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

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