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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Baby Party".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. John enjoys hearing Ede's "non sequiturs" (3). What does this describe in his daughter's speech?
(a) Ideas that are more fantasy than reality.
(b) Ideas that flow continuously without waiting for a response.
(c) Ideas that have no logical connection.
(d) Ideas that are more emotional than rational.
2. What interrupts the argument between Joe and John?
(a) A party guest comes back to get her forgotten purse.
(b) Billy and Ede beginning to play together happily.
(c) Edith bursting into tears.
(d) Mrs. Markey going to fetch Edith's coat.
3. Edith thinks that Mrs. Markey is "snippy" (5). What does she think is true about Mrs. Markey?
(a) Her friendship is fake and she often criticizes people behind their backs.
(b) Her lack of attention to detail causes problems for others.
(c) She has a stuck-up and short-tempered way of speaking.
(d) She wants to know everything about everyone just so that she can gossip.
4. What technique is used in the page 4 phrase "the moon was out, shining with proud brilliance on the thin sugary snow"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Conceit.
5. When John argues with Joe, what does John make the argument about?
(a) The quality of Joe's manhood.
(b) Their relative social status.
(c) The merits of their respective wives.
(d) The silliness of having a party for babies.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Ede begin to cry shortly after her father arrives at the Markeys' house?
2. What does John do to accommodate Edith's wishes?
3. What is implied about the sudden end to the phone conversation between Edith and John when she tells him about the baby party?
4. What does Ede do right after Mrs. Markey says that she does not find the situation funny?
5. What does the narrator mean by "even his feeling about his little girl was qualified" (3)?
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