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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 were the speaker and his father recently doing, despite his father's doctor telling him not to?
(a) Stacking wood.
(b) Running.
(c) Lifting weights.
(d) Pulling weeds.

2. Which of his family members does the speaker say he loved more than he loved himself?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

3. When is the reversible colon used?
(a) To show that one side of a sentence is better than the other.
(b) To show that both sides of the sentence cancel each other out.
(c) To show that one side of a sentence does not need the other.
(d) To show that two sides of a sentence explain each other.

4. The speaker uses a conversation between himself and which relative as an example of the low point?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

5. While weeding, what did the speaker's father say had happened to his brother?
(a) He had become disagreeable.
(b) He had become distant.
(c) He had become very affectionate.
(d) He had become a yes man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the pedal point signify?

2. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?

3. What recurring dreams did the speaker's father have?

4. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

5. What does the father say in should have brackets to Jonathan about his dreams during the final conversation in the story?

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