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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Essex was one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England! |
| | B) | Essex was one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. |
| | C) | Essex was one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Wasn't Enrique Granados, the Spanish composer and pianist, born in Cuba. |
| | B) | Wasn't Enrique Granados, the Spanish composer and pianist, born in Cuba! |
| | C) | Wasn't Enrique Granados, the Spanish composer and pianist, born in Cuba? |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Yuri commanded his little sister, "Stop pulling my hair!" |
| | B) | Yuri commanded his little sister, "Stop pulling my hair?" |
| | C) | Yuri commanded his little sister, "Stop pulling my hair" |
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Choose
the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Mrs. Highpile asked
if I had a surefire way to remove carpet stains? |
| | B) | Mrs. Highpile asked if I had
a surefire way to remove carpet stains. |
| | C) | Mrs. Highpile asked, "Do you have a
surefire way to remove carpet stains." |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated
selection. |
| | A) | "Oh, what the heck," said Shirley, "let's call the
whole thing off". |
| | B) | "Oh, what the heck," said Shirley, "let's call the whole
thing off?" |
| | C) | "Oh, what the heck," said Shirley, "let's call the whole thing
off." |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated
selection. |
| | A) | Did Peter Matthiessen write books set in the swamps of
Florida, the mountains of Nepal, and the jungles of South America. |
| | B) | Did Peter
Matthiessen write books set in the swamps of Florida, the mountains of Nepal, and the jungles of South America? |
| | C) | Did Peter Matthiessen write books set in the swamps of Florida, the mountains of Nepal, and the jungles of South America! |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated
selection. |
| | A) | Where does Annie Dillard's book Pilgrim at
Tinker Creek take place? |
| | B) | Where does Annie Dillard's book
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek take place. |
| | C) | Where does Annie
Dillard's book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek take place! |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | The district attorney inquired as to the suspect's whereabouts on the night of the fire. |
| | B) | The district attorney inquired as to the suspect's whereabouts on the night of the fire? |
| | C) | The district attorney inquired as to the suspect's whereabouts on the night of the fire! |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated
selection. |
| | A) | Does anyone here really like that kind of music! |
| | B) | Does anyone here really like that kind of music. |
| | C) | Does anyone here really like that kind of music? |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated
selection. |
| | A) | We arrived shortly before 9:30
a.m.. |
| | B) | We arrived shortly before 9:30 a.m.! |
| | C) | We arrived shortly before 9:30 a.m. |
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