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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 shape symbolizes the silence mark?
(a) Circle.
(b) Rhombus.
(c) Triangle.
(d) Square.

2. What were the stranger and the narrator's father arguing over in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) A parking space.
(b) Politics.
(c) A sport's game.
(d) A tip.

3. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?
(a) The National Zoo parking lot.
(b) His parent's house.
(c) The mall parking lot.
(d) His apartment.

4. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?
(a) An exclamation point with a X over it.
(b) An upside down exclamation point.
(c) Two exclamation points, one up and one upside down.
(d) A sideways exclamation point.

5. What does the willed silence mark signify?
(a) Loss for words.
(b) Intentional silence.
(c) A signal to be quiet.
(d) Unintentional silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol represents the pedal point?

2. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?

3. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?

4. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

5. What punctuation is used the double question mark as its symbol?

(see the answer key)

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