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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What symbol represents the pedal point?

3. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?

4. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

5. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

(see the answer key)

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