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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 does the pedal point signify?
(a) An interrupted thought.
(b) An incomplete thought.
(c) A thought that dissolves into a suggestive silence.
(d) A thought that never ends.

2. How is this sentence spoken by the speaker's mother changed when the back up is used: "It pains me to think of you alone" (7).
(a) It pains me to think you may never understand how much I love you.
(b) It pains me to think you will never know a child's love.
(c) It pains me to think of me without any grandchildren to love.
(d) It pains me to think you will not have anyone to take care of you in old age.

3. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?
(a) His brother's upcoming wedding.
(b) His own grades in college.
(c) His father's recent angioplasty.
(d) His father's recent job loss.

4. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?
(a) Four exclamations points.
(b) Two exclamation points.
(c) An exclamation point with a plus sign.
(d) Two exclamation points and two plus signs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?

5. What is the subject of the discussion the speaker uses to exemplify use of the low point?

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