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

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

3. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?
(a) 65.
(b) 41.
(c) 3.
(d) 18.

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) Snowy.
(b) Overcast.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Sunny.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?

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

3. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?

4. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

5. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What symbol represents the extraexclamation points?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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