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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the willed silence mark signify?
(a) Loss for words.
(b) Intentional silence.
(c) Unintentional silence.
(d) A signal to be quiet.

4. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?
(a) Four exclamation points.
(b) Two exclamation points, one up and one upside down.
(c) Two upside down exclamation points.
(d) Two exclamation points.

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

6. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?
(a) Square.
(b) Rhombus.
(c) Circle.
(d) Triangle.

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

8. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?
(a) The National Zoo parking lot.
(b) His apartment.
(c) His parent's house.
(d) The mall parking lot.

9. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandmother.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?

2. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

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

4. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

5. What does the pedal point signify?

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