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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 pedal point?
(a) The blackened start.
(b) The square with an X in it.
(c) The wavy line.
(d) The half moon.

2. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) Go away, asshole.
(b) Give it up, fucker.
(c) Get over it, loser.
(d) Out of my way, jackass.

3. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?
(a) 65.
(b) 18.
(c) 41.
(d) 3.

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

5. What punctuation is used the double question mark as its symbol?
(a) The interrogating question mark.
(b) The irate question mark.
(c) The insistent question mark.
(d) The ignorant question mark.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

5. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?

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