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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 does the silence mark signify?
(a) Quieting someone.
(b) Absence of language.
(c) Confusion.
(d) A moment of meditation.

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

3. 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) Snowy.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Overcast.

4. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?
(a) Someone from his hometown.
(b) Someone who did not love him.
(c) Someone who knew his name.
(d) Someone who loved him.

5. What does the unxclamation indicate?
(a) A whisper.
(b) Annoyance.
(c) Shooshing someone.
(d) Disappointment.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the pedal point signify?

4. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?

5. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?

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