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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?
(a) Jonathan Franzen.
(b) Jonathan Safran Foer.
(c) Jonathan Sears.
(d) Jonathan Swift.

2. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?
(a) It's never, ever worth it.
(b) I should have stood up to him.
(c) That guy was a jerk.
(d) Don't be a whimp like your old man.

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

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

5. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?
(a) The grandmother told him she hoped he had a nice piano lesson.
(b) The grandmother told him she hoped he had his old grandchildren someday.
(c) The grandmother told him she hoped someday he loves someone as much as she loves him.
(d) The grandmother told him she hoped he never loves anyone as much as she loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?

2. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?

3. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?

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

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

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