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

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

3. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?
(a) A sideways exclamation point.
(b) An upside down exclamation point.
(c) An exclamation point with a X over it.
(d) Two exclamation points, one up and one upside down.

4. 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 his old grandchildren someday.
(b) The grandmother told him she hoped he had a nice piano lesson.
(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 never loves anyone as much as she loves him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?

4. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

5. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What symbol represents the extraexclamation points?

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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