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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the willed silence mark signify?
(a) Unintentional silence.
(b) Intentional silence.
(c) Loss for words.
(d) A signal to be quiet.

2. What does the silence mark signify?
(a) Absence of language.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Quieting someone.
(d) A moment of meditation.

3. How many heart attacks does the speaker say his family has "and counting" (1)?
(a) 18.
(b) 3.
(c) 65.
(d) 41.

4. What did the man continue to yell at the speaker's father in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?
(a) Go away, asshole.
(b) Give it up, fucker.
(c) Out of my way, jackass.
(d) Get over it, loser.

5. 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 children.
(c) When discussing his grandfather's illness.
(d) When discussing her life in Europe before the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the narrator and his family during the only instance he recalls use of the extraexclamation point?

2. What symbol denotes the extraexclamation point?

3. What were the stranger and the narrator's father arguing over in the example he uses of the extra exclamation point?

4. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?

5. What did the speaker's father say to his children after the argument with the stranger as he held his hand to his heart?

Short Essay Questions

1. How often does the speaker say the extra exclamation points are used in his family? Based on your understanding if his family, is this surprising? Explain.

2. What is the insistent question mark? When is it used per the speaker's example?

3. What do we learn of the speaker's family health history in the first paragraph? Describe the context.

4. What do readers learn of the grandmother's life in the first paragraph? Describe the context.

5. What symbol indicates the willed silence mark? What does it signify?

6. How does the speaker describe his relationships with women?

7. What does the silence mark symbolize? How often does the speaker say it exists in his family's history?

8. What symbol represents the extraexclamation points?

9. Who is yelling at the speaker's father and why in the example he uses of the extraexclamation points?

10. When does the speaker most often use the willed silence mark?

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