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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What symbol represents "the low point" in the speaker's familial communication?
(a) A thumbs down emoji.
(b) The upside down arrow.
(c) An X.
(d) The sad face.

2. What is the speaker's response to "Jonathan" when followed by a pedal point in the example he uses?
(a) Leave me alone.
(b) Be quiet.
(c) I know.
(d) Say no more.

3. What were the stranger and the narrator's father arguing over in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) A parking space.
(b) A sport's game.
(c) A tip.
(d) Politics.

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) Go away, asshole.
(c) Get over it, loser.
(d) Give it up, fucker.

5. What does the narrator's father attribute to his successful marriage?
(a) Being a yes man.
(b) Being a little deaf sometimes.
(c) Open communication.
(d) Giving each other room to grow.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What were the speaker and his father recently doing, despite his father's doctor telling him not to?

4. What does the willed silence mark signify?

5. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

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