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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 Mrs. Markey say should be the consequence of Ede's behavior?

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

3. At the end of the story, what does John tell Edith he expects her to do?

4. On page 6, how does the narrator characterize the behavior of the children at the party?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 the dispute between Ede and Billy begin, and what happens during their argument?

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

Essay Topic 3

Why is Mrs. Markey the only character whose first name is not revealed? What does this say about propriety? What does this say about women and men? Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the purpose of never revealing Mrs. Markey's first name. Defend your assertions with evidence from the text.

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