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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 did the speaker's brother learn after he ended up in intensive care several weeks ago?
(a) He had been having one long heart attack for six years.
(b) He had been experiencing panic attacks for six years.
(c) He had contracted Lyme disease.
(d) He had cancer.

2. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing her life in Europe before the war.
(b) When discussing her children.
(c) When discussing his grandfather's illness.
(d) When discussing her heart condition.

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

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

5. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?
(a) An exclamation point with a plus sign.
(b) Four exclamations points.
(c) Two exclamation points and two plus signs.
(d) Two exclamation points.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?

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

3. What is the subject of the discussion the speaker uses to exemplify use of the low point?

4. What does the speaker say low points tend to do in his communication with family?

5. 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).

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