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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) Sunny.
(b) Overcast.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Snowy.

2. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) A meditation tape.
(b) National Public Radio.
(c) An audio version of Shoah.
(d) Barry Manilow.

3. What symbol represents the pedal point?
(a) The blackened start.
(b) The half moon.
(c) The wavy line.
(d) The square with an X in it.

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

5. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?
(a) Rhombus.
(b) Triangle.
(c) Circle.
(d) Square.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

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

3. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

4. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?

5. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?

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