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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?
(a) A nice time.
(b) A disappointing visit.
(c) A heated argument.
(d) An enjoyable conversation.

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

3. What does the silence mark signify?
(a) Absence of language.
(b) A moment of meditation.
(c) Quieting someone.
(d) Confusion.

4. 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 family health history.
(d) His brother.

5. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?
(a) An upside down triangle.
(b) A blackened square.
(c) An hand silhouette.
(d) A circle with an X in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?

2. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?

3. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?

4. What was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

5. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?

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