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

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

3. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?
(a) School.
(b) Work.
(c) Piano lessons.
(d) Karate.

4. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?
(a) Two exclamation points.
(b) Two exclamation points, one up and one upside down.
(c) Four exclamation points.
(d) Two upside down exclamation points.

5. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?
(a) His jewish heritage.
(b) The girl or his mother.
(c) His family health history.
(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. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?

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

4. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?

5. What does the willed silence mark signify?

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