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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 speaker's mother suggest he may be ashamed of when discussing his relationships with girls?
(a) His brother.
(b) His jewish heritage.
(c) His family health history.
(d) The girl or his mother.

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

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) Sunny.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Overcast.
(d) Rainy.

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

5. How often does the narrator say his family uses the extraexclamation point?
(a) Never.
(b) At every holiday.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Almost daily.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says he has never had sex with whom?

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

3. What does the unxclamation indicate?

4. What symbol represents the unxclamation point?

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

(see the answer key)

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