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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) Quieting someone.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Absence of language.
(d) A moment of meditation.

2. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?
(a) His apartment.
(b) The National Zoo parking lot.
(c) The mall parking lot.
(d) His parent's house.

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

4. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?
(a) Triangle.
(b) Rhombus.
(c) Square.
(d) Circle.

5. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?
(a) His jewish heritage.
(b) His brother.
(c) His family health history.
(d) The girl or his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

2. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?

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

4. What were the stranger and the narrator's father arguing over in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

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

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