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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) Out of my way, jackass.
(b) Go away, asshole.
(c) Get over it, loser.
(d) Give it up, fucker.

2. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?
(a) An upside down triangle.
(b) An hand silhouette.
(c) A blackened square.
(d) A circle with an X in it.

3. 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) The girl or his mother.
(d) His family health history.

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

5. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?
(a) Someone who did not love him.
(b) Someone from his hometown.
(c) Someone who loved him.
(d) Someone who knew his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?

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

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

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

5. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

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