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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?
(a) 3.
(b) 41.
(c) 65.
(d) 18.

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

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

4. 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 parking space.
(c) A sport's game.
(d) A tip.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?

2. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

3. What does the unxclamation indicate?

4. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?

5. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

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