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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the willed silence mark signify?
(a) Intentional silence.
(b) A signal to be quiet.
(c) Loss for words.
(d) Unintentional silence.

3. 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) Get over it, loser.
(c) Go away, asshole.
(d) Give it up, fucker.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

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

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

5. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

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