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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 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) Don't be a whimp like your old man.
(c) I should have stood up to him.
(d) That guy was a jerk.

2. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?
(a) Four exclamations points.
(b) An exclamation point with a plus sign.
(c) Two exclamation points.
(d) Two exclamation points and two plus signs.

3. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?
(a) Square.
(b) Triangle.
(c) Circle.
(d) Rhombus.

4. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?
(a) Smile.
(b) Argue.
(c) Hug.
(d) Say I love you.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

2. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?

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

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

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

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