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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?
(a) Never.
(b) At every holiday.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Almost daily.

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

3. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?
(a) An upside down exclamation point.
(b) An exclamation point with a X over it.
(c) Two exclamation points, one up and one upside down.
(d) A sideways exclamation point.

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

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) Don't be a whimp like your old man.
(b) I should have stood up to him.
(c) It's never, ever worth it.
(d) That guy was a jerk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the willed silence mark signify?

3. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?

4. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

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

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