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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing her children.
(b) When discussing her life in Europe before the war.
(c) When discussing her heart condition.
(d) When discussing his grandfather's illness.

2. How is this sentence spoken by the speaker's mother changed when the back up is used: "It pains me to think of you alone" (7).
(a) It pains me to think of me without any grandchildren to love.
(b) It pains me to think you will never know a child's love.
(c) It pains me to think you will not have anyone to take care of you in old age.
(d) It pains me to think you may never understand how much I love you.

3. What does the silence mark signify?
(a) Absence of language.
(b) A moment of meditation.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Quieting someone.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What life changing event was going to happen to the speaker's brother a few weeks after the speaker and his father were weeding?

2. What does the unxclamation indicate?

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

4. What symbol represents "the low point" in the speaker's familial communication?

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

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