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

2. What shape symbolizes the silence mark?
(a) Square.
(b) Rhombus.
(c) Triangle.
(d) Circle.

3. When discussing the extraexclamation point, what does the speaker say he and his family never do "with any passion" (3)?
(a) Say I love you.
(b) Smile.
(c) Hug.
(d) Argue.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?

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

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

4. What topic typically results in willed silence on the part of the speaker?

5. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?

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