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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 does John hear as he is heading back into his house after the fight?
(a) The sound of Ede's laughter from inside his house.
(b) An argument starting between Joe and Mrs. Markey.
(c) The sound of the later train that he usually takes home from work.
(d) A police siren approaching the house.

2. To John Andros, what does Ede represent?
(a) His ability to provide for others.
(b) His own life continuing through her.
(c) His arrival into adulthood.
(d) His and Edith's love.

3. What interrupts the argument between Joe and John?
(a) Edith bursting into tears.
(b) Mrs. Markey going to fetch Edith's coat.
(c) A party guest comes back to get her forgotten purse.
(d) Billy and Ede beginning to play together happily.

4. What amuses John about the idea of the baby party?
(a) The idea of the mothers all making critical remarks about one another's children.
(b) The idea that anyone would want to go to a party for babies.
(c) The idea of the babies causing chaos in someone else's house.
(d) The idea that babies would even understand the idea of a party.

5. What causes the two men to stop fighting?
(a) They realize that neither one of them can actually win.
(b) They realize they have no reason to fight.
(c) They grow too tired to keep fighting.
(d) They realize that someone is coming down the sidewalk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the page 3 phrase "the weary merry-go-round of the commuting train"?

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

3. When Joe angrily asks John if John thinks he is going to get away with the things he has just said, what does John do?

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

5. Why does Mr. Markey go upstairs after the altercation between Billy and Ede?

(see the answer key)

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