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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what conversation with his father does the speaker say the silence mark most often appears?
(a) When discussing life in Europe before the war.
(b) When discussing his work.
(c) When discussing his relationship with his wife.
(d) When discussing family history of heart disease.

2. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?
(a) The National Zoo parking lot.
(b) The mall parking lot.
(c) His apartment.
(d) His parent's house.

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

4. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?
(a) The confusion mark.
(b) The willed silence mark.
(c) The insistent question mark.
(d) The silence mark.

5. Where was the narrator's grandmother driving him to in the example he cites of her use of the unxclamation point?
(a) Work.
(b) Karate.
(c) School.
(d) Piano lessons.

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

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

8. 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) Give it up, fucker.
(d) Get over it, loser.

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

10. Upon whom does the speaker often "inflict willed silences" (2)?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

11. What symbol represents the pedal point?
(a) The square with an X in it.
(b) The wavy line.
(c) The half moon.
(d) The blackened start.

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

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

14. What did the speaker's grandmother say to him in his example of the unxclamation point?
(a) The grandmother told him she hoped he had his old grandchildren someday.
(b) The grandmother told him she hoped someday he loves someone as much as she loves him.
(c) The grandmother told him she hoped he had a nice piano lesson.
(d) The grandmother told him she hoped he never loves anyone as much as she loves him.

15. Who is the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease"?
(a) Jonathan Sears.
(b) Jonathan Safran Foer.
(c) Jonathan Franzen.
(d) Jonathan Swift.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the willed silence mark signify?

2. What were the speaker and his father discussing on the phone when the silence mark was used as per his example?

3. What symbol denotes the extraunxclamation point?

4. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

5. What does the narrator say he has never had with any member of his family?

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