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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 his grandfather's illness.
(c) When discussing her life in Europe before the war.
(d) When discussing her children.

3. What was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Overcast.

4. What does the willed silence mark signify?
(a) Unintentional silence.
(b) Intentional silence.
(c) A signal to be quiet.
(d) Loss for words.

5. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?
(a) Someone from his hometown.
(b) Someone who did not love him.
(c) Someone who knew his name.
(d) Someone who loved him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?

2. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

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

4. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?

5. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?

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