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

2. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?
(a) His parent's house.
(b) The National Zoo parking lot.
(c) The mall parking lot.
(d) His apartment.

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) Snowy.
(b) Overcast.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Rainy.

4. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?
(a) A nice time.
(b) A heated argument.
(c) An enjoyable conversation.
(d) A disappointing visit.

5. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?
(a) Two exclamation points, one up and one upside down.
(b) An upside down exclamation point.
(c) A sideways exclamation point.
(d) An exclamation point with a X over it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the willed silence mark signify?

2. What punctuation is used the double question mark as its symbol?

3. What does the unxclamation indicate?

4. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?

5. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?

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