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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. While weeding, what did the speaker's father say had happened to his brother?
(a) He had become a yes man.
(b) He had become distant.
(c) He had become disagreeable.
(d) He had become very affectionate.

2. What sentence is NOT used as an example of when the reversible colon is appropriate?
(a) I've never felt loved by anyone outside of my family::my persistent depression.
(b) My eyes water when I speak about my family::I don't like to speak about my family.
(c) Sex::yes.
(d) I want a better life::my family.

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

4. When is the reversible colon used?
(a) To show that one side of a sentence is better than the other.
(b) To show that both sides of the sentence cancel each other out.
(c) To show that one side of a sentence does not need the other.
(d) To show that two sides of a sentence explain each other.

5. What example does the speaker use of the should have brackets when his father asks him if he hears static in the phone?
(a) {I'm no longer listening}.
(b) {I'm hanging up the phone}.
(c) {I'm crying into the phone}.
(d) {I cannot hear anything}.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the speaker say familial communication always has to do with?

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

5. What symbol represents the "backup"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the speaker's father's doctor advise against pulling weeds? What other things did he advice against?

2. What are the final words that remain unspoken, as shown by the use of the should-have brackets, between father and son in the final conversation of the story?

3. Describe the conversation the speaker relays between mother and father to show use of the corroboration mark.

4. Describe the snowflake and when it might be used.

5. Describe the phone call between the speaker and his brother after he ended up in intensive care.

6. What does the speaker realize about himself after his father discusses how his brother was already a yes man?

7. What does the severed web symbolize? What does the speaker call this?

8. What are low points? What conversation between the speaker and his mother does he use to exemplify their use?

9. What is something the speaker and his brother do not discuss? How do you know?

10. What did the speaker's brother learn after first experiencing chest pains and ultimately ending up in intensive care?

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