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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 symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?
(a) An exclamation point with a plus sign.
(b) Two exclamation points and two plus signs.
(c) Four exclamations points.
(d) Two exclamation points.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?

3. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?

4. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?

5. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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