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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the speaker's family members most uses the pedal point with him?
2. Which punctuation mark does the speaker say is the "staple of familial punctuation"(1)?
3. What symbol represents the willed silence mark?
4. What does the unxclamation indicate?
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. What conversation does the speaker use to exemplify the silence mark? To whom is he speaking? What is the subject of their conversation?
2. What do readers learn of the grandmother's life in the first paragraph? Describe the context.
3. What symbol indicates the willed silence mark? What does it signify?
4. How does the speaker's father engage with the angry man in the example he uses of the extra exclamation points?
5. What do we learn of the speaker's family health history in the first paragraph? Describe the context.
6. How did the exchange between the speaker's father and the stranger end? What conclusion did the father come to in regards to his handling of the situation?
7. How does the speaker describe his relationships with women?
8. What is the unxclamation point symbol? What does it denote and when was it used per the speaker's example?
9. What symbol represents the extraexclamation points?
10. Which member of the family uses the pedal point most with the speaker? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Genre is a category assigned to a literary work, like a story. What are some genres that could be used to classify the story? What is the main genre of the story? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Write a brief essay analyzing the title "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the author of "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." Who is he? What else has he written? How is "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease" similar or different from his other works?
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