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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 symbol represents "the low point" in the speaker's familial communication?
(a) A thumbs down emoji.
(b) An X.
(c) The upside down arrow.
(d) The sad face.

2. What does the severed web mean, approximately?
(a) I see you.
(b) I need you.
(c) I love you.
(d) I loathe you.

3. When is the reversible colon used?
(a) To show that one side of a sentence is better than the other.
(b) To show that one side of a sentence does not need the other.
(c) To show that two sides of a sentence explain each other.
(d) To show that both sides of the sentence cancel each other out.

4. What are some things the speaker might be doing when he imagines his family's versions of the should-haves?
(a) Taking a walk or a shower.
(b) Reading a book or making dinner.
(c) Shopping or doing his taxes.
(d) Having sex or driving.

5. The speaker uses a conversation between himself and which relative as an example of the low point?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the final conversation in the story, what is Jonathan's response to his father's {I love you}?

2. What symbol represents the pedal point?

3. How many heart attacks had the speaker's father suffered when he told his son the secret to his successful marriage?

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

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

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