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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?
(a) The grandmother told him she hoped he never loves anyone as much as she loves him.
(b) The grandmother told him she hoped someday he loves someone as much as she loves him.
(c) The grandmother told him she hoped he had his old grandchildren someday.
(d) The grandmother told him she hoped he had a nice piano lesson.

2. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?
(a) The confusion mark.
(b) The silence mark.
(c) The willed silence mark.
(d) The insistent question mark.

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

4. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) A meditation tape.
(b) An audio version of Shoah.
(c) Barry Manilow.
(d) National Public Radio.

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

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

7. What symbol represents the pedal point?
(a) The wavy line.
(b) The square with an X in it.
(c) The blackened start.
(d) The half moon.

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

9. What punctuation is used the double question mark as its symbol?
(a) The insistent question mark.
(b) The irate question mark.
(c) The ignorant question mark.
(d) The interrogating question mark.

10. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?
(a) His own grades in college.
(b) His father's recent angioplasty.
(c) His brother's upcoming wedding.
(d) His father's recent job loss.

11. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?
(a) A disappointing visit.
(b) An enjoyable conversation.
(c) A heated argument.
(d) A nice time.

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

13. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?
(a) His brother.
(b) His jewish heritage.
(c) The girl or his mother.
(d) His family health history.

14. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?
(a) His schooling.
(b) His relationships with girls.
(c) His heart.
(d) His grades.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

2. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?

3. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?

4. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

5. What does the willed silence mark signify?

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