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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many heart attacks has the speaker's father suffered?
(a) 8.
(b) 41.
(c) 22.
(d) 14.

2. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing her heart condition.
(b) When discussing her life in Europe before the war.
(c) When discussing his grandfather's illness.
(d) When discussing her children.

3. What symbol represents the "backup"?
(a) A right arrow.
(b) An upright arrow.
(c) A left arrow.
(d) An upside down arrow.

4. Which symbol represents the corroboration mark?
(a) The smiley face.
(b) The exclamation point.
(c) The heart.
(d) The snowflake.

5. What does the speaker call the severed web symbol?
(a) An Inadequately Worded Idiom.
(b) A Hardly Acceptable Replacement.
(c) A Scarcely Salvageable Sentence.
(d) A Barely Tolerable Subsitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?

2. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?

3. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?

4. Why did the speaker's brother go to the university health center a few weeks ago?

5. How many heart attacks had the speaker's father suffered when he told his son the secret to his successful marriage?

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