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

2. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?
(a) His own grades in college.
(b) His father's recent angioplasty.
(c) His brother's upcoming wedding.
(d) His father's recent job loss.

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

4. What did the speaker call his brother and say after finding out he was in intensive care?
(a) He needs to take care of himself.
(b) He should not worry.
(c) He should watch his diet.
(d) He must exercise more.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

3. What example does the speaker use of the should have brackets when his father asks him if he hears static in the phone?

4. What does the original use of a lowpoint then to create?

5. What phrase can the low point replace?

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