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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the speaker's brother learn after he ended up in intensive care several weeks ago?
(a) He had contracted Lyme disease.
(b) He had been having one long heart attack for six years.
(c) He had been experiencing panic attacks for six years.
(d) He had cancer.

2. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?
(a) Jonathan Swift.
(b) Jonathan Franzen.
(c) Jonathan Safran Foer.
(d) Jonathan Sears.

3. What was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) Overcast.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Snowy.

4. 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.

5. Why does the speaker think he has become a yes man?
(a) He is afraid of dying.
(b) He has low self-esteem.
(c) He likes to make people happy.
(d) He likes to keep busy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol represents "the low point" in the speaker's familial communication?

2. What is the purpose of the backup?

3. What symbol represents "the end of a unique familial phrase" (5)?

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

5. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

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