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

2. Which symbol represents the corroboration mark?
(a) The snowflake.
(b) The heart.
(c) The exclamation point.
(d) The smiley face.

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

4. What phrase can the low point replace?
(a) It couldn't possible be worse.
(b) This is as good as it gets.
(c) What goes up must come down.
(d) Nowhere to go but up.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of his family members does the speaker say he loved more than he loved himself?

3. What sentence is NOT used as an example of when the reversible colon is appropriate?

4. Which member of the speaker's family do you attribute this sentence to: "I didn't die in the Holocaust, but all of my siblings did, so where does that leave me" (5)?

5. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?

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