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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 her life in Europe before the war.
(c) When discussing his grandfather's illness.
(d) When discussing her heart condition.

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 symbol represents the willed silence mark?
(a) An upside down triangle.
(b) An hand silhouette.
(c) A blackened square.
(d) A circle with an X in it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

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

3. What does the unxclamation indicate?

4. What does the silence mark signify?

5. What does the willed silence mark signify?

(see the answer key)

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