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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 did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?
(a) The grandmother told him she hoped someday he loves someone as much as she loves him.
(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 a nice piano lesson.
(d) The grandmother told him she hoped he had his old grandchildren someday.

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

3. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?
(a) Four exclamation points.
(b) Two upside down exclamation points.
(c) Two exclamation points, one up and one upside down.
(d) Two exclamation points.

4. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?
(a) Work.
(b) Piano lessons.
(c) Karate.
(d) School.

5. What symbol represents the pedal point?
(a) The blackened start.
(b) The wavy line.
(c) The square with an X in it.
(d) The half moon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the silence mark signify?

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

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

5. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?

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