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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?
(a) Say I love you.
(b) Smile.
(c) Argue.
(d) Hug.

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

3. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?
(a) His jewish heritage.
(b) His family health history.
(c) His brother.
(d) The girl or his mother.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol represents the pedal point?

2. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?

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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