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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the backup?
(a) It is used to replay a sentence and discover what might have been missed.
(b) It is used to repeat what you said so the person to whom you are speaking can understand.
(c) It is used to erase what you said and rephrase.
(d) It is used to restart a conversation when you were too distracted to listen.

2. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) An audio version of Shoah.
(b) National Public Radio.
(c) A meditation tape.
(d) Barry Manilow.

3. While weeding, what did the speaker's father say had happened to his brother?
(a) He had become distant.
(b) He had become very affectionate.
(c) He had become disagreeable.
(d) He had become a yes man.

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

5. What does the father say in should have brackets to Jonathan about his dreams during the final conversation in the story?
(a) His father was really pulling weeds from his brother's chest.
(b) Jonathan was laughing as he pulled weeds from his chest.
(c) Jonathan was the one pulling weeds from his chest.
(d) Jonathan's mother was crying while pulling weeds from his chest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What discussion between the speaker's father and mother does he use to exemplify the corroboration mark?

2. What example does the speaker use of the should have brackets when his father asks him if he hears static in the phone?

3. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

4. What did the speaker's brother learn after he ended up in intensive care several weeks ago?

5. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

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