View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?
(a) A blackened square.
(b) An upside down triangle.
(c) A circle with an X in it.
(d) An hand silhouette.

2. How many heart attacks has the speaker's father suffered?
(a) 8.
(b) 41.
(c) 22.
(d) 14.

3. Why did the speaker's brother go to the university health center a few weeks ago?
(a) He suffered panic attacks.
(b) He had a high fever for several days.
(c) He was depressed.
(d) He was having chest pains.

4. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?
(a) Someone who loved him.
(b) Someone who did not love him.
(c) Someone who knew his name.
(d) Someone from his hometown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker uses a conversation between himself and which relative as an example of the low point?

2. What was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

3. What is the purpose of the backup?

4. What does the original use of a lowpoint then to create?

5. What example does the speaker use as a familial conversation in which one party understands the words but not the meaning?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 355 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample