Question 1

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select the type of error in the sentence. If the sentence is free of mechanics errors, select "Correct." Children of the Kindertransport Foster families saved 10,000 lives in the Kindertransport, a single flame against the sea of human ignorance.
A) Capitalization error
B) Title error
C) Quotation error
D) Minor mark of punctuation error
E) Correct

Accepted Answer

The sentence is free of mechanics errors.

Question 2

Instructions: If the sentence is correctly punctuated, select "Correct." If the sentence is not correctly punctuated, select "Not correct." When asked his opinion about the family's move, Juan said, "I think it's a mistake."
A) Correct
B) Not correct

Accepted Answer

The sentence is correctly punctuated. It includes a comma after "move" and uses quotation marks to indicate direct speech.

Question 3

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select the type of error in the sentence. If the sentence is free of mechanics errors, select "Correct." Children of the Kindertransport Before the war ended in 1945, the Nazis had murdered an estimated 5.7 million Jews in the Holocaust, widely considered the most horrific and evil act of modern times.
A) Capitalization error
B) Title error
C) Quotation error
D) Minor mark of punctuation error
E) Correct

Accepted Answer

There are no mechanics errors in this sentence.

Question 4

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. To get to kittery, maine, drive north on interstate 93; then, follow the local signs.
A) Kittery, Maine
B) Kittery, Maine, Interstate
C) Kittery, Maine, North, Interstate

Accepted Answer

Proper nouns such as names of places (Kittery, Maine) and specific names of roads (Interstate 93) should be capitalized. "North" in this context is used as a direction, not as a specific place name, so it does not need to be capitalized.

Question 5

Instructions: If the sentence is correctly punctuated, select "Correct." If the sentence is not correctly punctuated, select "Not correct." The reading list for Asian American Women's Literature includes the following: Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn, Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston, and Interpreter of Maladies , a short story by Jhumpa Lahiri.
A) Correct
B) Not correct

Accepted Answer

The sentence is not correctly punctuated because "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri is not a short story but a collection of short stories. The description should accurately reflect the nature of the work.

Question 6

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select the type of error in the sentence. If the sentence is free of mechanics errors, select "Correct." Children of the Kindertransport The Kindertransport a valiant rescue mission was planned to evacuate thousands of children to England during the ten months before the outbreak of the war in 1938.
A) Capitalization error
B) Title error
C) Quotation error
D) Minor mark of punctuation error
E) Correct

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: The following sentences form a passage....

Question 7

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. On november 19, 1863, abraham lincoln delivered the gettysburg address, a simple, 270-word speech that honors those who died in that civil war battle.
A) Abraham, Lincoln, Gettysburg
B) November, Abraham, Lincoln, Gettysburg, Address, Civil, War
C) November, Abraham, Lincoln, Gettysburg, Address, Civil, War, Battle

Accepted Answer

The months of the year and proper nouns (names of people, places, etc.) should be capitalized, so "November", "Abraham Lincoln", and "Gettysburg" should be capitalized. "Address" is part of the title of the speech and should also be capitalized. "Civil war" is a common noun phrase and should not be capitalized. Therefore, choice B should be selected.

Question 8

Instructions: If the sentence is correctly punctuated, select "Correct." If the sentence is not correctly punctuated, select "Not correct." "I never thought I would become a scientist," Craig said, but after taking cell biology, I became very interested in cancer research."
A) Correct
B) Not correct

Accepted Answer

The whole sentence is a combination of two separate statements, one by Craig and one by the narrator. Therefore, a comma is needed after "said" to separate the two statements. The corrected sentence would be: "I never thought I would become a scientist," Craig said, "but after taking cell biology, I became very interested in cancer research."

Question 9

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select the type of error in the sentence. If the sentence is free of mechanics errors, select "Correct." Children of the Kindertransport Families in Great Britain volunteered to open their homes to endangered children they had never met.
A) Capitalization error
B) Title error
C) Quotation error
D) Minor mark of punctuation error
E) Correct

Accepted Answer

The sentence is free of mechanics errors.

Question 10

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select the type of error in the sentence. If the sentence is free of mechanics errors, select "Correct." Children of the Kindertransport Life was not easy for the children of the Kindertransport, especially in the first weeks and months. Most spoke little or no english, and they longed for their families and familiar ways.
A) Capitalization error
B) Title error
C) Quotation error
D) Minor mark of punctuation error
E) Correct

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: The following sentences form a passage....

Question 11

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select the type of error in the sentence. If the sentence is free of mechanics errors, select "Correct." Children of the Kindertransport As Adolph Hitler rose to power in the dark years before world war II, jewish parents in Europe agonized over how to protect their children from the murderous plans of Hitler's Nazis.
A) Capitalization error
B) Title error
C) Quotation error
D) Minor mark of punctuation error
E) Correct

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: The following sentences form a passage....

Question 12

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select the type of error in the sentence. If the sentence is free of mechanics errors, select "Correct." Children of the Kindertransport One foster daughter asks her adoptive father why he took part in the Kindertransport. "I knew I could not save the world, he says. I knew I could not stop the war from starting, but I could save one human life."
A) Capitalization error
B) Title error
C) Quotation error
D) Minor mark of punctuation error
E) Correct

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: The following sentences form a passage....

Question 13

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select the type of error in the sentence. If the sentence is free of mechanics errors, select "Correct." Children of the Kindertransport Gradually, however, the young people adapted to their new homes and grew up to lead useful and successful lives. A documentary film, Into the Arms of Strangers, shares many of these young people's stories and those of the heroes who took them in.
A) Capitalization error
B) Title error
C) Quotation error
D) Minor mark of punctuation error
E) Correct

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: The following sentences form a passage....

Question 14

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. This semester, professor ali (the head of the department) will be teaching physics I and II.
A) Professor, Ali, Physics
B) Ali, Head, Department
C) Semester, Professor, Ali, Head, Department, Physics

Accepted Answer

The only words that should be capitalized are proper nouns and the names of academic courses. Therefore, only "Professor Ali" and "Physics I and II" should be capitalized.

Question 15

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. In 1995, hallmark sold over 2 billion christmas cards.
A) Hallmark
B) Hallmark, Christmas
C) Christmas

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Select the letter of the list...

Question 16

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select the type of error in the sentence. If the sentence is free of mechanics errors, select "Correct." Children of the Kindertransport Unable to escape themselves, Jewish parents brought their young ones to railway stations and put them on trains bound for england. For many of the children, the ride seemed like an adventure; they did not understand that most would never see their families alive again.
A) Capitalization error
B) Title error
C) Quotation error
D) Minor mark of punctuation error
E) Correct

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: The following sentences form a passage....

Question 17

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select the type of error in the sentence. If the sentence is free of mechanics errors, select "Correct." Children of the Kindertransport Once in England, children from infants to teenagers were selected by foster parents. Older adolescents went different ways some were sent to boarding schools, some went to work on farms, and others received job training to help them join British society.
A) Capitalization error
B) Title error
C) Quotation error
D) Minor mark of punctuation error
E) Correct

Accepted Answer

There is a missing comma before the coordinating conjunction "and" in the second sentence. The correct sentence should be "Older adolescents went different ways; some were sent to boarding schools, some went to work on farms, and others received job training to help them join British society." The second sentence is missing a comma after "adolescents."

Question 18

Instructions: If the sentence is correctly punctuated, select "Correct." If the sentence is not correctly punctuated, select "Not correct." There are three things you need to bring when you go to Jones Beach: a towel, sunscreen, and a good book.
A) Correct
B) Not correct

Accepted Answer

The sentence is correctly punctuated with commas separating the three items in the list.

Question 19

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. Alcoholics anonymous was started in 1935 by two alcoholics and continues to help thousands of recovering alcoholics each year.
A) Anonymous
B) Anonymous, Alcoholics
C) Alcoholics

Accepted Answer

"Alcoholics" does not need to be capitalized because it is not the official name of an organization or group. "Anonymous" should be capitalized because it is part of the official name "Alcoholics Anonymous."

Question 20

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. Tanglewood, a scenic retreat in the berkshire mountains, serves as the summer residence of the boston symphony orchestra.
A) Berkshire, Mountains, Boston
B) Berkshire, Mountains, Summer, Boston, Symphony, Orchestra
C) Berkshire, Mountains, Boston, Symphony, Orchestra

Accepted Answer

Only proper nouns should be capitalized, and in this sentence, Tanglewood, Berkshire Mountains, Boston Symphony Orchestra are proper nouns. "Summer" is not a proper noun and does not require capitalization. Option B capitalizes words that do not need to be capitalized, such as "scenic" and "retreat."

Quiz 38: Mechanics

Instructions: If the sentence is correctly punctuated, select "Correct." If the sentence is not correctly punctuated, select "Not correct." When asked his opinion about the family's move, Juan said, "I think it's a mistake."

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. To get to kittery, maine, drive north on interstate 93; then, follow the local signs.

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. On november 19, 1863, abraham lincoln delivered the gettysburg address, a simple, 270-word speech that honors those who died in that civil war battle.

Instructions: If the sentence is correctly punctuated, select "Correct." If the sentence is not correctly punctuated, select "Not correct." "I never thought I would become a scientist," Craig said, but after taking cell biology, I became very interested in cancer research."

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. This semester, professor ali (the head of the department) will be teaching physics I and II.

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. In 1995, hallmark sold over 2 billion christmas cards.

Instructions: If the sentence is correctly punctuated, select "Correct." If the sentence is not correctly punctuated, select "Not correct." There are three things you need to bring when you go to Jones Beach: a towel, sunscreen, and a good book.

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. Alcoholics anonymous was started in 1935 by two alcoholics and continues to help thousands of recovering alcoholics each year.

Instructions: Select the letter of the list of words that should be capitalized. Tanglewood, a scenic retreat in the berkshire mountains, serves as the summer residence of the boston symphony orchestra.