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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 often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?
(a) Never.
(b) At every holiday.
(c) Almost daily.
(d) Once a week.

2. What did the narrator's father realize after his first fight with his wife?
(a) She will always win.
(b) He loved a good fight.
(c) Only fight if you can win.
(d) It's never, ever worth it.

3. The speaker uses a conversation between himself and which relative as an example of the low point?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

4. When is the reversible colon used?
(a) To show that one side of a sentence does not need the other.
(b) To show that two sides of a sentence explain each other.
(c) To show that one side of a sentence is better than the other.
(d) To show that both sides of the sentence cancel each other out.

5. What symbol represents "the end of a unique familial phrase" (5)?
(a) The snowflake.
(b) The spiral.
(c) The surprised face emoji.
(d) The high five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the speaker's response to "Jonathan" when followed by a pedal point in the example he uses?

2. In the final conversation in the story, what is Jonathan's response to his father's {I love you}?

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

4. What were the speaker and his father recently doing, despite his father's doctor telling him not to?

5. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

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