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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 punctuation is used the double question mark as its symbol?
(a) The insistent question mark.
(b) The interrogating question mark.
(c) The irate question mark.
(d) The ignorant question mark.

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) A tip.
(c) A sport's game.
(d) Politics.

3. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?
(a) A disappointing visit.
(b) A heated argument.
(c) An enjoyable conversation.
(d) A nice time.

4. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing her children.
(b) When discussing her life in Europe before the war.
(c) When discussing her heart condition.
(d) When discussing his grandfather's illness.

5. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?
(a) The grandmother told him she hoped he had a nice piano lesson.
(b) The grandmother told him she hoped he never loves anyone as much as she loves him.
(c) The grandmother told him she hoped he had his old grandchildren someday.
(d) The grandmother told him she hoped someday he loves someone as much as she loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?

2. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?

3. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?

4. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?

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

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