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

2. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) An audio version of Shoah.
(b) National Public Radio.
(c) Barry Manilow.
(d) A meditation tape.

3. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?
(a) His heart.
(b) His grades.
(c) His relationships with girls.
(d) His schooling.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol represents the pedal point?

2. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?

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

4. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?

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

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