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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. What life changing event was going to happen to the speaker's brother a few weeks after the speaker and his father were weeding?
2. What does the speaker say familial communication always has to do with?
3. What did the speaker's brother learn after he ended up in intensive care several weeks ago?
4. What does the severed web mean, approximately?
5. What example does the speaker use as a familial conversation in which one party understands the words but not the meaning?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is something the speaker and his brother do not discuss? How do you know?
2. What does the speaker's father confess to him about his marriage after his 19th heart attack?
3. Describe the conversation the speaker relays between mother and father to show use of the corroboration mark.
4. What are the should-have brackets?
5. What did the speaker's brother learn after first experiencing chest pains and ultimately ending up in intensive care?
6. What is one example the speaker gives of the use of a reversible colon?
7. Describe the snowflake and when it might be used.
8. Why did the speaker's father's doctor advise against pulling weeds? What other things did he advice against?
9. What does the severed web symbolize? What does the speaker call this?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance the narrator's family health history has on the story. Why is this important and how does it develop the themes of the story? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring the ways in which "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease" defies literary conventions.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Foer's language style and word choice in "A Primer for the Punctuation of Heart Disease." What are some words or phrases that stand out to you and why? What words or phrases are repeated? What words or phrases are most impactful? Explain your answers.
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