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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 4 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

2. What does the father say in should have brackets to Jonathan about his dreams during the final conversation in the story?
(a) His father was really pulling weeds from his brother's chest.
(b) Jonathan was the one pulling weeds from his chest.
(c) Jonathan was laughing as he pulled weeds from his chest.
(d) Jonathan's mother was crying while pulling weeds from his chest.

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

4. What do the should have brackets denote?
(a) Words that were not spoken but should have been.
(b) Words you know you were expected to say but could not.
(c) When you realize what you should have said after the fact.
(d) Words someone thinks you should have said but did not.

5. What is the purpose of the backup?
(a) It is used to erase what you said and rephrase.
(b) It is used to repeat what you said so the person to whom you are speaking can understand.
(c) It is used to replay a sentence and discover what might have been missed.
(d) It is used to restart a conversation when you were too distracted to listen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How may fights have the speaker's parent had in all of their marriage?

2. What discussion between the speaker's father and mother does he use to exemplify the corroboration mark?

3. What was the weather like when the narrator's grandmother was driving him somewhere in the example he uses of the unxclamation point?

4. What did the narrator's father realize after his first fight with his wife?

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

(see the answer key)

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