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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How may fights have the speaker's parent had in all of their marriage?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) 1.
(c) Dozens.
(d) 10.

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

3. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

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

5. Which symbol represents the corroboration mark?
(a) The exclamation point.
(b) The heart.
(c) The snowflake.
(d) The smiley face.

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. Why did the speaker's brother go to the university health center a few weeks ago?

3. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?

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

5. What does the speaker acknowledge about the should-have brackets in the final paragraph of the story?

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