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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides "rude," what does Edith call Mrs. Markey on page 10?
(a) "Fat."
(b) "Common."
(c) "Fool."
(d) "Snippy."

2. What is comical about the fight between Joe and John?
(a) They keep falling because of the ice and mud.
(b) Neither man actually wants to fight.
(c) Neither man knows how to fight.
(d) The way they keep arguing about the babies while they fight.

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

4. 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) She wants to know everything about everyone just so that she can gossip.
(c) Her friendship is fake and she often criticizes people behind their backs.
(d) Her lack of attention to detail causes problems for others.

5. What does the most difficult part of parenting seem to be for John?
(a) Worrying about how to provide for his family.
(b) Tolerating the mess and chaos of a small child.
(c) Letting his child develop into her own person.
(d) Understanding the needs of a small child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the page 4 phrase "the moon was out, shining with proud brilliance on the thin sugary snow"?

2. What terms does John use on page 4 as he wonders about Ede's party dress?

3. When Edith tells Ede, on page 8, that she is a "bad girl," what does Ede do?

4. What surprising thing does Joe say to John after the fight?

5. What begins to happen after the children have their cake and ice cream?

(see the answer key)

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