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1 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Essex was one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England! |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Essex was one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Essex was one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England |
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2 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Wasn't Enrique Granados, the Spanish composer and pianist, born in Cuba. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Wasn't Enrique Granados, the Spanish composer and pianist, born in Cuba! |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Wasn't Enrique Granados, the Spanish composer and pianist, born in Cuba? |
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3 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Yuri commanded his little sister, "Stop pulling my hair!" |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Yuri commanded his little sister, "Stop pulling my hair?" |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Yuri commanded his little sister, "Stop pulling my hair" |
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4 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Mrs. Highpile asked if I had a surefire way to remove carpet stains? |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Mrs. Highpile asked if I had a surefire way to remove carpet stains. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Mrs. Highpile asked, "Do you have a surefire way to remove carpet stains." |
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5 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "Oh, what the heck," said Shirley, "let's call the whole thing off". |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "Oh, what the heck," said Shirley, "let's call the whole thing off?" |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "Oh, what the heck," said Shirley, "let's call the whole thing off." |
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6 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Did Peter Matthiessen write books set in the swamps of Florida, the mountains of Nepal, and the jungles of South America. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Did Peter Matthiessen write books set in the swamps of Florida, the mountains of Nepal, and the jungles of South America? |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | 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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7 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Where does Annie Dillard's book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek take place? |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Where does Annie Dillard's book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek take place. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Where does Annie Dillard's book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek take place! |
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8 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The district attorney inquired as to the suspect's whereabouts on the night of the fire. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The district attorney inquired as to the suspect's whereabouts on the night of the fire? |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The district attorney inquired as to the suspect's whereabouts on the night of the fire! |
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9 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Does anyone here really like that kind of music! |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Does anyone here really like that kind of music. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Does anyone here really like that kind of music? |
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10 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | We arrived shortly before 9:30 a.m.. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | We arrived shortly before 9:30 a.m.! |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | We arrived shortly before 9:30 a.m. |
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11 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Ned wanted to know whether Lenin or Stalin was the founder of Bolshevism? |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Ned wanted to know whether Lenin or Stalin was the founder of Bolshevism. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Ned wanted to know whether Lenin or Stalin was the founder of Bolshevism! |
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12 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | I asked whether it was true that Melvin had studied meteorology for five years but could not explain why the sky is blue? |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Melvin has a Ph.D. in meteorology, and you expect me to believe that he cannot explain why the sky is blue? |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | When you told me that Melvin had studied meteorology for five years but could not explain why the sky is blue, I asked, "Do you expect me to believe that." |
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13 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | He asked whether Kathryn F. Clarenbach was a founder of the modern feminist movement! |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | He asked, "Was Kathryn F. Clarenbach a founder of the modern feminist movement?" |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | He asked whether Kathryn F. Clarenbach was a founder of the modern feminist movement? |
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14 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Professor Oleh Kapusniak declared emphatically, "There will never be a Soviet Union again!" |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Professor Oleh Kapusniak declared emphatically, "There will never be a Soviet Union again"! |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Professor Oleh Kapusniak declared emphatically, "There will never be a Soviet Union again?" |
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15 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | As Grandmother said, "You're never too old to learn". |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | As Grandmother said, "You're never too old to learn." |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | As Grandmother said, "You're never too old to learn?" |
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16 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "Do you rob banks for a living or just as a hobby," the attorney asked the defendant? |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "Do you rob banks for a living or just as a hobby?" the attorney asked the defendant. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "Do you rob banks for a living or just as a hobby," the attorney asked the defendant. |
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17 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Did Brandy just say, "You are crazy?" |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Did Brandy just say, "You are crazy." |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Did Brandy just say, "You are crazy"? |
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18 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "I cannot stand you any more, Ralph!" Jeanine shouted. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "I cannot stand you any more, Ralph," Jeanine shouted! |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | "I cannot stand you any more, Ralph!," Jeanine shouted. |
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19 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Martha asked me, "Do you have the correct time"? |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Martha asked me, "Do you have the correct time?" |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Martha asked me, "Do you have the correct time." |
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20 | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | A)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The famous Belgian detective boarded the elegant train and commanded the passengers, "Touch nothing!" |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | B)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The famous Belgian detective boarded the elegant train and commanded the passengers, "Touch nothing" |
| ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | C)![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The famous Belgian detective boarded the elegant train and commanded the passengers, "Touch nothing"! |
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