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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. Why does Ede begin to cry shortly after her father arrives at the Markeys' house?
2. What is Mrs. Markey's first concern when Ede and Billy are arguing over the teddy bear?
3. What is comical about the fight between Joe and John?
4. What technique is used on page 3 when John's life is described as "a series of struggles up a series of rugged hills"?
5. What does Ede do right after Mrs. Markey says that she does not find the situation funny?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does John tell Edith about how he ended up fighting Joe, and what is the truth?
2. How does Mrs. Markey respond to Edith's laughter?
3. How does the dispute between Ede and Billy begin, and what happens during their argument?
4. What does John hear when he approaches the Markeys' house, and what is his response?
5. What reason does the narrator give for the children's good behavior?
6. What does Edith see when she first arrives at the baby party?
7. What time does Edith Andros arrive at the baby party, and why?
8. How does Edith prepare Ede for the party, and why?
9. What background information does the narrator give about John, and how does this background affect his mood when he is headed for the party?
10. How do John and Joe end up fighting?
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 nature of the friendships in "The Baby Party." Defend your arguments with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that examines the comic techniques that Fitzgerald uses in "The Baby Party." While it is important to specifically identify these techniques and give examples of their use, remember that the main focus of analytical writing is to explain how the techniques work and how they support meaning.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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