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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 does the narrator mean by "even his feeling about his little girl was qualified" (3)?
(a) John understands that fatherhood, like most things, is imperfect.
(b) John takes pride in making sure that his daughter has everything she needs.
(c) John's earlier battles with illness and poverty make him especially grateful for his child.
(d) John is aware that his daughter is spoiled, but he loves her anyway.

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

3. What technique is used on page 3 when John's life is described as "a series of struggles up a series of rugged hills"?
(a) Epizeuxis.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Antistrophe.
(d) Antithesis.

4. What word does Mrs. Markey use to describe Ede on page 5 that Edith takes as a potential criticism?
(a) "Little."
(b) "Fresh."
(c) "Smart."
(d) "Baby."

5. John enjoys hearing Ede's "non sequiturs" (3). What does this describe in his daughter's speech?
(a) Ideas that have no logical connection.
(b) Ideas that are more fantasy than reality.
(c) Ideas that flow continuously without waiting for a response.
(d) Ideas that are more emotional than rational.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the narrator use on page 3 to describe the moments that John spends on the phone with Ede?

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

3. What interrupts the argument between Joe and John?

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

5. Edith thinks that Mrs. Markey is "snippy" (5). What does she think is true about Mrs. Markey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do John and Joe end up fighting?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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