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

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

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

4. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?
(a) A heated argument.
(b) A disappointing visit.
(c) A nice time.
(d) An enjoyable conversation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

3. What does the unxclamation indicate?

4. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

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

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