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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?
(a) Work.
(b) School.
(c) Karate.
(d) Piano lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?

2. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

3. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

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

5. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

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