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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 symbol represents the willed silence mark?
(a) An upside down triangle.
(b) A circle with an X in it.
(c) An hand silhouette.
(d) A blackened square.

2. Which of his family members does the speaker say he loved more than he loved himself?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

3. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?
(a) 18.
(b) 65.
(c) 41.
(d) 3.

4. What do the should have brackets denote?
(a) Words someone thinks you should have said but did not.
(b) When you realize what you should have said after the fact.
(c) Words you know you were expected to say but could not.
(d) Words that were not spoken but should have been.

5. What symbol represents the pedal point?
(a) The blackened start.
(b) The wavy line.
(c) The half moon.
(d) The square with an X in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

2. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

3. What did the speaker call his brother and say after finding out he was in intensive care?

4. When is the reversible colon used?

5. What does the speaker acknowledge about the should-have brackets in the final paragraph of the story?

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