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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 shape symbolizes the silence mark?
2. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?
3. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
4. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?
5. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What symbol indicates the willed silence mark? What does it signify?
2. What is the extraunxclamation points? What does the speaker think of them?
3. What is the unxclamation point symbol? What does it denote and when was it used per the speaker's example?
4. Which member of the family uses the pedal point most with the speaker? Why?
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 is the insistent question mark? When is it used per the speaker's example?
7. Who is yelling at the speaker's father and why in the example he uses of the extraexclamation points?
8. What do we learn of the speaker's family health history in the first paragraph? Describe the context.
9. What symbol represents the extraexclamation points?
10. When does the speaker most often use the willed silence mark?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine how the theme of inherited trauma plays a part in the plot of the story.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring the character's relationship with his family as revealed through their conversations.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance the narrator's family health history has on the story. Why is this important and how does it develop the themes of the story? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
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