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

2. How early on in the marriage did the speaker's parents have their first fight?
(a) After their first year.
(b) During the first week.
(c) The first day.
(d) On their first anniversary.

3. What did the speaker call his brother and say after finding out he was in intensive care?
(a) He needs to take care of himself.
(b) He should watch his diet.
(c) He should not worry.
(d) He must exercise more.

4. What do the should have brackets denote?
(a) When you realize what you should have said after the fact.
(b) Words you know you were expected to say but could not.
(c) Words someone thinks you should have said but did not.
(d) Words that were not spoken but should have been.

5. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?
(a) 3.
(b) 18.
(c) 41.
(d) 65.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?

2. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

3. What does the speaker say low points tend to do in his communication with family?

4. When is the reversible colon used?

5. What was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

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