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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ede named after?

2. What are the children doing when Edith and Ede arrive at the party?

3. What word does Mrs. Markey use to describe Ede on page 5 that Edith takes as a potential criticism?

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

5. Edith thinks that Mrs. Markey is "snippy" (5). What does she think is true about Mrs. Markey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the setting of "The Baby Party."

2. What background information does the narrator give about John, and how does this background affect his mood when he is headed for the party?

3. Before John arrives at the party, why is Edith irritated with him?

4. What does John Andros enjoy about being a father?

5. What is John's response to Edith's request that he stop by the baby party, and why?

6. What time does Edith Andros arrive at the baby party, and why?

7. What does John hear when he approaches the Markeys' house, and what is his response?

8. What does Edith see when she first arrives at the baby party?

9. How does Edith prepare Ede for the party, and why?

10. What does Mrs. Markey say about Ede when she and Edith are first talking, and how does Edith react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of Billy's teddy bear. Defend your arguments with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the narrator's attitude toward the parenting styles of the characters in the story. Defend your ideas with quoted textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the importance of social order to the adults in "The Baby Party." Defend your assertions with evidence from the text.

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