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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 brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandmother.

2. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) Go away, asshole.
(b) Get over it, loser.
(c) Give it up, fucker.
(d) Out of my way, jackass.

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

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

5. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?
(a) It's never, ever worth it.
(b) Don't be a whimp like your old man.
(c) I should have stood up to him.
(d) That guy was a jerk.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What symbol represents the pedal point?

5. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

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