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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 does the unxclamation indicate?
(a) A whisper.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Shooshing someone.
(d) Annoyance.

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

3. What was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Overcast.

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

5. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?
(a) Work.
(b) Piano lessons.
(c) Karate.
(d) School.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

4. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?

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

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