View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol represents the pedal point?

2. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?

3. What was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

4. What does the unxclamation indicate?

5. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. Which member of the family uses the pedal point most with the speaker? Why?

9. What symbol represents the extraexclamation points?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 705 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample