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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?
(a) School.
(b) Work.
(c) Karate.
(d) Piano lessons.

2. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?
(a) The silence mark.
(b) The confusion mark.
(c) The insistent question mark.
(d) The willed silence mark.

3. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?
(a) His heart.
(b) His relationships with girls.
(c) His schooling.
(d) His grades.

4. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?
(a) Never.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Almost daily.
(d) At every holiday.

5. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the stranger and the narrator's father arguing over in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

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

3. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

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

5. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

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