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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edith tell John she thought that he and Joe were going to do when she went back into the house?

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

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

4. When Joe Markey comes downstairs and hears Edith insult his wife and child, what does he tell Edith to do?

5. Who is Ede named after?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the characters' habit of name-calling in "The Baby Party." Defend your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that examines how Fitzgerald uses diction as a method of characterization in "The Baby Party." Defend your claims with quoted textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that examines the comic techniques that Fitzgerald uses in "The Baby Party." While it is important to specifically identify these techniques and give examples of their use, remember that the main focus of analytical writing is to explain how the techniques work and how they support meaning.

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