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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 parent's house.
(b) The mall parking lot.
(c) The National Zoo parking lot.
(d) His apartment.

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

2. What punctuation is used the double question mark as its symbol?

3. What does the pedal point signify?

4. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we learn of the speaker's family health history in the first paragraph? Describe the context.

2. What does the silence mark symbolize? How often does the speaker say it exists in his family's history?

3. What symbol represents the pedal point? What does it mean? How is it different from an ellipses or dash?

4. What do readers learn of the grandmother's life in the first paragraph? Describe the context.

5. What is the unxclamation point symbol? What does it denote and when was it used per the speaker's example?

6. When does the speaker most often use the willed silence mark?

7. How does the speaker describe his relationships with women?

8. What conversation does the speaker use to exemplify the silence mark? To whom is he speaking? What is the subject of their conversation?

9. How often does the speaker say the extra exclamation points are used in his family? Based on your understanding if his family, is this surprising? Explain.

10. Who is yelling at the speaker's father and why in the example he uses of the extraexclamation points?

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