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

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

3. What does the silence mark signify?
(a) Quieting someone.
(b) Absence of language.
(c) Confusion.
(d) A moment of meditation.

4. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?
(a) His heart.
(b) His relationships with girls.
(c) His grades.
(d) His schooling.

5. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

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

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

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