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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Baby Party".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Antithesis.
(d) Antistrophe.

2. Edith thinks that Mrs. Markey is "snippy" (5). What does she think is true about Mrs. Markey?
(a) She has a stuck-up and short-tempered way of speaking.
(b) Her lack of attention to detail causes problems for others.
(c) She wants to know everything about everyone just so that she can gossip.
(d) Her friendship is fake and she often criticizes people behind their backs.

3. What technique is used in the page 3 phrase "her eyes with their irises of morning blue"?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Simile.
(d) Imagery.

4. What interrupts Edith's thoughts about John as the party is winding down?
(a) Mrs. Markey suggests that Edith might want to call John.
(b) The doorbell rings and another father enters the room.
(c) Ede pushes Billy down and Billy cries out.
(d) Billy opens a present and Ede asks her mother what it is.

5. In the passage that describes the babies trying to get into the kitchen, how does the narrator's diction create a comic effect?
(a) Through contrast.
(b) Through understatement.
(c) Through parody.
(d) Through double entendre.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. When John walks into the Markey house, what is the first thing that Edith tells him?

4. What does John do to accommodate Edith's wishes?

5. When John arrives at the Markeys' door, whom does he hear crying?

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