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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?
2. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?
3. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
4. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?
5. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. What is the unxclamation point symbol? What does it denote and when was it used per the speaker's example?
3. Who is yelling at the speaker's father and why in the example he uses of the extraexclamation points?
4. When does the speaker most often use the willed silence mark?
5. How does the speaker's father engage with the angry man in the example he uses of the extra exclamation points?
6. 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?
7. What symbol represents the extraexclamation points?
8. What symbol represents the pedal point? What does it mean? How is it different from an ellipses or dash?
9. What symbol indicates the willed silence mark? What does it signify?
10. What do we learn of the speaker's family health history in the first paragraph? Describe the context.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the character's relationship with his family as revealed through their conversations.
Essay Topic 2
Write an analysis of the speaker's father's dream in the story. Describe the dream. What might it mean? Why did he tell his son about it? What might he have left out?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing the imagery used in "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
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