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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some things the speaker might be doing when he imagines his family's versions of the should-haves?
(a) Shopping or doing his taxes.
(b) Reading a book or making dinner.
(c) Having sex or driving.
(d) Taking a walk or a shower.

2. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) Barry Manilow.
(b) National Public Radio.
(c) An audio version of Shoah.
(d) A meditation tape.

3. What does the unxclamation indicate?
(a) Annoyance.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Shooshing someone.
(d) A whisper.

4. What were some things the speaker's father's doctor advised him against doing due to the emotional stress these things caused him?
(a) Cooking dinner or cleaning the house.
(b) Watching Orioles games or thinking of the current administration.
(c) Running or arguing with his wife.
(d) Driving during rush hour or answering the phone.

5. What is the speaker's response to "Jonathan" when followed by a pedal point in the example he uses?
(a) Be quiet.
(b) Say no more.
(c) Leave me alone.
(d) I know.

Short Answer Questions

1. What life changing event was going to happen to the speaker's brother a few weeks after the speaker and his father were weeding?

2. In the final conversation in the story, what is Jonathan's response to his father's {I love you}?

3. When is the reversible colon used?

4. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?

5. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

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