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

2. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?
(a) Smile.
(b) Argue.
(c) Say I love you.
(d) Hug.

3. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

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

5. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?
(a) Two exclamation points, one up and one upside down.
(b) A sideways exclamation point.
(c) An exclamation point with a X over it.
(d) An upside down exclamation point.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the unxclamation indicate?

2. What were some things the speaker's father's doctor advised him against doing due to the emotional stress these things caused him?

3. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?

4. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

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

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