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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 does the speaker say low points tend to do in his communication with family?
2. What does the original use of a lowpoint then to create?
3. What discussion between the speaker's father and mother does he use to exemplify the corroboration mark?
4. The speaker uses a conversation between himself and which relative as an example of the low point?
5. What does the severed web mean, approximately?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is one example the speaker gives of the use of a reversible colon?
2. What are the should-have brackets?
3. What does the speaker's father confess to him about his marriage after his 19th heart attack?
4. What does the speaker realize about himself after his father discusses how his brother was already a yes man?
5. Why did the speaker's father's doctor advise against pulling weeds? What other things did he advice against?
6. What is something the speaker and his brother do not discuss? How do you know?
7. Describe the snowflake and when it might be used.
8. What are low points? What conversation between the speaker and his mother does he use to exemplify their use?
9. What are the final words that remain unspoken, as shown by the use of the should-have brackets, between father and son in the final conversation of the story?
10. Describe the phone call between the speaker and his brother after he ended up in intensive care.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Genre is a category assigned to a literary work, like a story. What are some genres that could be used to classify the story? What is the main genre of the story? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Read a review of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Write an essay about how this review impacted your own views or understanding of the story.
Essay Topic 3
Write a brief essay analyzing the title "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.
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