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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 were the stranger and the narrator's father arguing over in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) Politics.
(b) A tip.
(c) A parking space.
(d) A sport's game.

2. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandmother.

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

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

5. 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) Get over it, loser.
(c) Go away, asshole.
(d) Out of my way, jackass.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What symbol represents the pedal point?

3. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?

4. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

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

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