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

2. 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.

3. What does the unxclamation indicate?
(a) Annoyance.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Shooshing someone.
(d) A whisper.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the silence mark signify?

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

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

4. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?

5. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the insistent question mark? When is it used per the speaker's example?

5. How does the speaker's father engage with the angry man in the example he uses of the extra exclamation points?

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

7. What symbol indicates the willed silence mark? What does it signify?

8. 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.

9. How did the exchange between the speaker's father and the stranger end? What conclusion did the father come to in regards to his handling of the situation?

10. What is the extraunxclamation points? What does the speaker think of them?

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