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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the speaker think he has become a yes man?
(a) He has low self-esteem.
(b) He likes to make people happy.
(c) He is afraid of dying.
(d) He likes to keep busy.

2. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?
(a) An hand silhouette.
(b) An upside down triangle.
(c) A blackened square.
(d) A circle with an X in it.

3. What does the father say in should have brackets to Jonathan about his dreams during the final conversation in the story?
(a) His father was really pulling weeds from his brother's chest.
(b) Jonathan was laughing as he pulled weeds from his chest.
(c) Jonathan was the one pulling weeds from his chest.
(d) Jonathan's mother was crying while pulling weeds from his chest.

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

5. What is the subject of the discussion the speaker uses to exemplify use of the low point?
(a) His inability to community with candor.
(b) His depression.
(c) His lack of a good job.
(d) His lack of a girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which member of the speaker's family do you attribute this sentence to: "I didn't die in the Holocaust, but all of my siblings did, so where does that leave me" (5)?

3. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?

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

5. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

(see the answer key)

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