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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 did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?
(a) The grandmother told him she hoped he never loves anyone as much as she loves him.
(b) The grandmother told him she hoped he had his old grandchildren someday.
(c) The grandmother told him she hoped someday he loves someone as much as she loves him.
(d) The grandmother told him she hoped he had a nice piano lesson.

2. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?
(a) That guy was a jerk.
(b) Don't be a whimp like your old man.
(c) It's never, ever worth it.
(d) I should have stood up to him.

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

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

5. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?
(a) His brother's upcoming wedding.
(b) His father's recent job loss.
(c) His own grades in college.
(d) His father's recent angioplasty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What symbol represents the pedal point?

3. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

4. What was the speaker's grandmother listening to in the car in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

5. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

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