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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?
(a) Piano lessons.
(b) Work.
(c) Karate.
(d) School.

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

9. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?
(a) Jonathan Franzen.
(b) Jonathan Sears.
(c) Jonathan Safran Foer.
(d) Jonathan Swift.

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

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

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

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

14. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing life in Europe before the war.
(b) When discussing family history of heart disease.
(c) When discussing his work.
(d) When discussing his relationship with his wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?

2. What does the unxclamation indicate?

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

4. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?

5. What does the pedal point signify?

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