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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 did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) Give it up, fucker.
(b) Out of my way, jackass.
(c) Get over it, loser.
(d) Go away, asshole.

2. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?
(a) At every holiday.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Almost daily.
(d) Never.

3. What were the stranger and the narrator's father arguing over in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) A parking space.
(b) A tip.
(c) A sport's game.
(d) Politics.

4. What phrase is an example a sentence never uttered by the speaker or any member of the speaker's family?
(a) My heart is no good, and I'm afraid of dying, and I'm also afraid of saying I love you.
(b) I don't know how to have a relationship with you, but I know I love you.
(c) I don't want you in my life, but that does not mean I don't care.
(d) My life is full of pain, and it's not your fault, but I'm so sad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

2. What does the speaker say familial communication always has to do with?

3. What did the speaker call his brother and say after finding out he was in intensive care?

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

5. The speaker uses a conversation between himself and which relative as an example of the low point?

(see the answer key)

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