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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?
(a) Someone from his hometown.
(b) Someone who knew his name.
(c) Someone who did not love him.
(d) Someone who loved him.

2. What does the willed silence mark signify?
(a) Unintentional silence.
(b) A signal to be quiet.
(c) Intentional silence.
(d) Loss for words.

3. What example does the speaker use of the should have brackets when his father asks him if he hears static in the phone?
(a) {I'm hanging up the phone}.
(b) {I'm crying into the phone}.
(c) {I cannot hear anything}.
(d) {I'm no longer listening}.

4. What does the pedal point signify?
(a) A thought that dissolves into a suggestive silence.
(b) A thought that never ends.
(c) An incomplete thought.
(d) An interrupted thought.

5. How many heart attacks has the speaker's father suffered?
(a) 41.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

2. Which of his family members does the speaker say he loved more than he loved himself?

3. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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