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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 Billy doing as the adults around him begin to argue loudly?
(a) Playing with his toy.
(b) Eating more cake.
(c) Crying.
(d) Sleeping.

2. How long is the fight between John and Joe?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 2 minutes.

3. What is Mrs. Markey's first concern when Ede and Billy are arguing over the teddy bear?
(a) Whether Billy or Ede started the trouble.
(b) Whether the children have gotten their clothing dirty.
(c) Whether Billy is physically hurt.
(d) Whether her guests are upset.

4. What is implied about the sudden end to the phone conversation between Edith and John when she tells him about the baby party?
(a) Ede has pulled the phone out of her mother's hand.
(b) Edith is angry at her husband and has hung up on him.
(c) John hears his boss coming and quickly ends the personal call.
(d) The unreliable phone service in the suburbs has cut out.

5. 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) Edith bursting into tears.
(d) Billy and Ede beginning to play together happily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edith decide is true about John when he has not arrived by six o'clock?

2. What is comical about the fight between Joe and John?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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