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

2. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?
(a) The confusion mark.
(b) The silence mark.
(c) The willed silence mark.
(d) The insistent question mark.

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

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 symbol represents the willed silence mark?
(a) A circle with an X in it.
(b) A blackened square.
(c) An upside down triangle.
(d) An hand silhouette.

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

3. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

4. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

5. What does the willed silence mark signify?

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