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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 many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?
(a) 65.
(b) 3.
(c) 41.
(d) 18.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

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

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

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

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

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