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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) An argument starting between Joe and Mrs. Markey.
(b) The sound of the later train that he usually takes home from work.
(c) The sound of Ede's laughter from inside his house.
(d) A police siren approaching the house.

2. What word does Mrs. Markey use on page 9 that infuriates Edith?
(a) "Spoiled."
(b) "Goblin."
(c) "Monster."
(d) "Brat."

3. What does Ede think the stuffed bear that Billy is holding is?
(a) A monster.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A dog.
(d) A cat.

4. 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.

5. As John walks to the Markeys' house, what is he wondering about?
(a) How Ede will compare to the other children.
(b) Whether his friend Joe will be at the party.
(c) How long he will be expected to stay at the party.
(d) Whether his wife is having a good time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the page 3 phrase "her eyes with their irises of morning blue"?

2. What causes the two men to stop fighting?

3. What technique is used on page 3 when John's life is described as "a series of struggles up a series of rugged hills"?

4. In the passage that describes the babies trying to get into the kitchen, how does the narrator's diction create a comic effect?

5. What does the narrator mean by "even his feeling about his little girl was qualified" (3)?

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