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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What symbol represents the pedal point?
(a) The blackened start.
(b) The square with an X in it.
(c) The wavy line.
(d) The half moon.

3. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?
(a) Two exclamation points.
(b) An exclamation point with a plus sign.
(c) Four exclamations points.
(d) Two exclamation points and two plus signs.

4. What does the unxclamation indicate?
(a) A whisper.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Shooshing someone.
(d) Annoyance.

5. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?
(a) 65.
(b) 41.
(c) 18.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

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

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

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

5. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?

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