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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 does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?
(a) A nice time.
(b) An enjoyable conversation.
(c) A disappointing visit.
(d) A heated argument.

2. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) Go away, asshole.
(b) Give it up, fucker.
(c) Get over it, loser.
(d) Out of my way, jackass.

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

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

5. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?
(a) A circle with an X in it.
(b) An hand silhouette.
(c) An upside down triangle.
(d) A blackened square.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?

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

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

4. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

5. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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