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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What symbol represents the pedal point?
(a) The half moon.
(b) The square with an X in it.
(c) The blackened start.
(d) The wavy line.

2. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?
(a) His jewish heritage.
(b) His family health history.
(c) The girl or his mother.
(d) His brother.

3. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?
(a) His grades.
(b) His schooling.
(c) His relationships with girls.
(d) His heart.

4. What punctuation is used the double question mark as its symbol?
(a) The insistent question mark.
(b) The ignorant question mark.
(c) The irate question mark.
(d) The interrogating question mark.

5. What does the willed silence mark signify?
(a) Intentional silence.
(b) A signal to be quiet.
(c) Loss for words.
(d) Unintentional silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

2. What does the pedal point signify?

3. During what type of conversation with his grandmother does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

4. What were the stranger and the narrator's father arguing over in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

5. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?

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