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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His grandmother.

2. What did the narrator's father realize after his first fight with his wife?
(a) Only fight if you can win.
(b) She will always win.
(c) He loved a good fight.
(d) It's never, ever worth it.

3. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) Go away, asshole.
(b) Give it up, fucker.
(c) Out of my way, jackass.
(d) Get over it, loser.

4. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?
(a) Two exclamation points.
(b) Four exclamation points.
(c) Two upside down exclamation points.
(d) Two exclamation points, one up and one upside down.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many heart attacks has the speaker's father suffered?

2. What does the willed silence mark signify?

3. Which member of the speaker's family do you attribute this sentence to: "I didn't die in the Holocaust, but all of my siblings did, so where does that leave me" (5)?

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

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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