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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How early on in the marriage did the speaker's parents have their first fight?
(a) The first day.
(b) On their first anniversary.
(c) After their first year.
(d) During the first week.

2. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?
(a) The girl or his mother.
(b) His jewish heritage.
(c) His brother.
(d) His family health history.

3. What does the speaker say familial communication always has to do with?
(a) Failures to communicate.
(b) Forced communication.
(c) Honest communication.
(d) A willingness to communicate.

4. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing her heart condition.
(b) When discussing his grandfather's illness.
(c) When discussing her life in Europe before the war.
(d) When discussing her children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker uses a conversation between himself and which relative as an example of the low point?

2. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

3. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?

4. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?

5. What did the speaker's brother learn after he ended up in intensive care several weeks ago?

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