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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 are some things the speaker might be doing when he imagines his family's versions of the should-haves?
2. What do the should have brackets denote?
3. What sentence is NOT used as an example of when the reversible colon is appropriate?
4. How is this sentence spoken by the speaker's mother changed when the back up is used: "It pains me to think of you alone" (7).
5. Which member of the speaker's family do you attribute this sentence to: "I didn't die in the Holocaust, but all of my siblings did, so where does that leave me" (5)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the conversation the speaker relays between mother and father to show use of the corroboration mark.
2. What is something the speaker and his brother do not discuss? How do you know?
3. What does the speaker's father confess to him about his marriage after his 19th heart attack?
4. What are low points? What conversation between the speaker and his mother does he use to exemplify their use?
5. Describe the snowflake and when it might be used.
6. What does the severed web symbolize? What does the speaker call this?
7. What does the speaker realize about himself after his father discusses how his brother was already a yes man?
8. What is one example the speaker gives of the use of a reversible colon?
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
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Foer of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Foer's language style and word choice in "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." What are some words or phrases that stand out to you and why? What words or phrases are repeated? What words or phrases are most impactful? Explain your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What is the reversible colon? Explain the meaning of each sentence the speaker uses to exemplify the reversible colon and analyze what these statements tell the reader about the speaker's family.
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