Question Marks, Quotation Marks, and Parentheses (Test 1)

Nov 2, 2016

Choose all the correct answers.
1. He asked, “Did Danika really say . . .
  that?”
  - that?”
  - that”?
2. He wanted to know when you will be . . .
  here.
  - here?
  - here.
3. . . .
  “Well,”
  she said, “you certainly didn’t waste any time.”
  - “Well,
  - “Well,”
4. “Is it almost . . .
  over?”
  he . . .
  asked.
  - over,” … asked?
  - over?” … asked.
5. “I’ve had it up to . . .
  here!”
  she screamed.
  - here!”
  - here!”,
6. The song asks, “Would you like to swing on a . . .
  star?”
  - star?”
  - star”?
7. Carmen said, “She said, . . .
  ‘I’ll never leave you.”’
  - ‘I’ll never leave you.”’
  - “I’ll never leave you.”
8. She requested (actually she . . .
  pleaded)
  that her name be withheld. (Note
  You may use commas instead of parentheses.
  )
  - pleaded)
  - pleaded,
9. This contract guarantees that we will . . .
  (1.) deliver
  the merchandise, . . .
  (2.) pay
  for all damaged goods, and . . .
  (3.) make
  you the exclusive carrier of our products. (Note
  You may just use parentheses around the numbers.
  )
  - (1.) deliver … (2.) pay … (3.) make
  - (1) deliver … (2) pay … (3) make
  - 1 deliver … 2 pay … 3 make
10. “May I have a rain check on that . . .
  lunch?”
  I asked.
  - lunch”?
  - lunch?”
11. Do you believe the saying, “It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don’t want and get . . .
  it”?
  - it?”
  - it”?
12. Bernard said, . . .
  “Waldo asked, ‘Who took my pencil sharpener?”’
  - Waldo asked, “Who took my pencil sharpener?”
  - “Waldo asked, ‘Who took my pencil sharpener?”’
13. “May I see your I.D. . . .
  card?”
  the clerk . . .
  asked.
  - card,” … asked.
  - card?” … asked?

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