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

2. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?
(a) It's never, ever worth it.
(b) I should have stood up to him.
(c) Don't be a whimp like your old man.
(d) That guy was a jerk.

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

4. What does the pedal point signify?
(a) A thought that never ends.
(b) A thought that dissolves into a suggestive silence.
(c) An interrupted thought.
(d) An incomplete thought.

5. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?
(a) Someone who did not love him.
(b) Someone from his hometown.
(c) Someone who loved him.
(d) Someone who knew his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the silence mark signify?

2. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

3. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?

4. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

5. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?

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