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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the final conversation in the story, what is Jonathan's response to his father's {I love you}?
(a) {Let me be}.
(b) {I love you too, so much}.
(c) {I'm crying into the phone}.
(d) {Help}.

2. What example does the speaker use of the should have brackets when his father asks him if he hears static in the phone?
(a) {I'm no longer listening}.
(b) {I'm crying into the phone}.
(c) {I cannot hear anything}.
(d) {I'm hanging up the phone}.

3. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing life in Europe before the war.
(b) When discussing family history of heart disease.
(c) When discussing his relationship with his wife.
(d) When discussing his work.

4. What symbol represents the "backup"?
(a) An upright arrow.
(b) An upside down arrow.
(c) A left arrow.
(d) A right arrow.

5. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?
(a) His brother's upcoming wedding.
(b) His father's recent angioplasty.
(c) His father's recent job loss.
(d) His own grades in college.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?

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

4. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

5. Why does the speaker think he has become a yes man?

(see the answer key)

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