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

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

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

4. What were the stranger and the narrator's father arguing over in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) Politics.
(b) A tip.
(c) A parking space.
(d) A sport's game.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?

4. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?

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

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