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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?
(a) 65.
(b) 3.
(c) 18.
(d) 41.

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

3. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?
(a) A heated argument.
(b) A disappointing visit.
(c) An enjoyable conversation.
(d) A nice time.

4. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) An audio version of Shoah.
(b) A meditation tape.
(c) National Public Radio.
(d) Barry Manilow.

5. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?
(a) Two exclamation points, one up and one upside down.
(b) An upside down exclamation point.
(c) A sideways exclamation point.
(d) An exclamation point with a X over it.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?

2. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?

3. What does the speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?

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

5. What punctuation is used the double question mark as its symbol?

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