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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 man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) Give it up, fucker.
(b) Go away, asshole.
(c) Get over it, loser.
(d) Out of my way, jackass.

2. What does the pedal point signify?
(a) A thought that never ends.
(b) An interrupted thought.
(c) An incomplete thought.
(d) A thought that dissolves into a suggestive silence.

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

4. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?
(a) A heated argument.
(b) An enjoyable conversation.
(c) A nice time.
(d) A disappointing visit.

5. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?
(a) Four exclamations points.
(b) An exclamation point with a plus sign.
(c) Two exclamation points and two plus signs.
(d) Two exclamation points.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?

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

4. What punctuation is used the double question mark as its symbol?

5. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?

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