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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Get over it, loser.
(d) Go away, asshole.

2. What discussion between the speaker's father and mother does he use to exemplify the corroboration mark?
(a) A talk about their marital problems.
(b) A talk about what to cook for dinner.
(c) A talk about groceries.
(d) A talk about what to watch on TV.

3. What sentence is NOT used as an example of when the reversible colon is appropriate?
(a) I've never felt loved by anyone outside of my family::my persistent depression.
(b) I want a better life::my family.
(c) Sex::yes.
(d) My eyes water when I speak about my family::I don't like to speak about my family.

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

5. What does the speaker call the severed web symbol?
(a) A Scarcely Salvageable Sentence.
(b) A Hardly Acceptable Replacement.
(c) An Inadequately Worded Idiom.
(d) A Barely Tolerable Subsitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say low points tend to do in his communication with family?

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

3. What are some things the speaker might be doing when he imagines his family's versions of the should-haves?

4. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

5. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

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