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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 was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) Overcast.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Rainy.

2. How many heart attacks had the speaker's father suffered when he told his son the secret to his successful marriage?
(a) 19.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 22.

3. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing her heart condition.
(b) When discussing her life in Europe before the war.
(c) When discussing his grandfather's illness.
(d) When discussing her children.

4. What were the speaker and his father recently doing, despite his father's doctor telling him not to?
(a) Lifting weights.
(b) Stacking wood.
(c) Pulling weeds.
(d) Running.

5. What did the speaker's brother learn after he ended up in intensive care several weeks ago?
(a) He had been having one long heart attack for six years.
(b) He had cancer.
(c) He had contracted Lyme disease.
(d) He had been experiencing panic attacks for six years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator's father realize after his first fight with his wife?

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

3. What discussion between the speaker's father and mother does he use to exemplify the corroboration mark?

4. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?

5. What symbol represents the pedal point?

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