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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?
(a) Once a week.
(b) At every holiday.
(c) Almost daily.
(d) Never.

2. What was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) Overcast.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Snowy.

3. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?
(a) Jonathan Safran Foer.
(b) Jonathan Franzen.
(c) Jonathan Sears.
(d) Jonathan Swift.

4. 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 had a nice piano lesson.
(c) The grandmother told him she hoped he never loves anyone as much as she loves him.
(d) The grandmother told him she hoped he had his old grandchildren someday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?

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

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

4. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?

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

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