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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 apartment.
(c) The mall parking lot.
(d) His parent's house.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

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

3. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?

4. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?

5. What symbol represents the pedal point?

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