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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. What does the pedal point signify?
(a) An interrupted thought.
(b) A thought that never ends.
(c) A thought that dissolves into a suggestive silence.
(d) An incomplete thought.

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. What was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Overcast.

14. 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) Politics.
(d) A sport's game.

15. 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) School.
(c) Karate.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What symbol represents the pedal point?

3. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?

4. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

5. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?

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