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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 speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?
(a) His family health history.
(b) His brother.
(c) The girl or his mother.
(d) His jewish heritage.

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

3. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing his work.
(b) When discussing family history of heart disease.
(c) When discussing his relationship with his wife.
(d) When discussing life in Europe before the war.

4. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?
(a) Two exclamation points and two plus signs.
(b) Two exclamation points.
(c) Four exclamations points.
(d) An exclamation point with a plus sign.

5. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?
(a) A disappointing visit.
(b) A nice time.
(c) A heated argument.
(d) An enjoyable conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

2. What does the silence mark signify?

3. What does the willed silence mark signify?

4. What punctuation is used the double question mark as its symbol?

5. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?

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