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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 symbol represents "the end of a unique familial phrase" (5)?
2. What does the narrator's father attribute to his successful marriage?
3. Which symbol represents the corroboration mark?
4. Why did the speaker's brother go to the university health center a few weeks ago?
5. What are some things the speaker might be doing when he imagines his family's versions of the should-haves?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is something the speaker and his brother do not discuss? How do you know?
2. What are low points? What conversation between the speaker and his mother does he use to exemplify their use?
3. 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?
4. Describe the conversation the speaker relays between mother and father to show use of the corroboration mark.
5. What did the speaker's brother learn after first experiencing chest pains and ultimately ending up in intensive care?
6. Why did the speaker's father's doctor advise against pulling weeds? What other things did he advice against?
7. What does the severed web symbolize? What does the speaker call this?
8. What does the speaker's father confess to him about his marriage after his 19th heart attack?
9. What are the should-have brackets?
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 about the speaker's depression in Foer's "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease."
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Foer chose to write about the lack of candor in familial conversation by way of punctuation marks? How does this impact the themes of the narrative?
Essay Topic 3
The speaker's grandmother once told him that she hopes he never loves anyone as much as she loves him. Write an analysis of this line. Include her backstory and how her experience may have led her to this moment.
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