Indicate the punctuation needed in the blank spaces in the following sentence. No one had counted on Vladimir arriving so soon___ his sudden appearance threw a wrench into our plans___ and we had no idea how to extricate ourselves from the situation.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Complete the following sentence by selecting the option that correctly uses double and/or single quotation marks. _________________ announced our host at the racetrack.

Sheila used to be the CEO(A) of a major financial company(B) but now she spends most of her time raising money for various charities.

The dahlias and lilacs at the south end of the garden are in full bloom___ in contrast, those at the north end have barely begun to form buds.

.... new dog has already terrorized every cat in the neighborhood.

The daisies were yellow(A) a color Daphne detested(B) and refused to accept.

Many students have failed that professor's exams___ the most common reason is that students can't stay awake through all those boring lectures.

Which sentence correctly uses parentheses and/or brackets?

This term paper is due tomorrow and I haven't even started yet___

Complete the following sentence by selecting the option that correctly uses double and/or single quotation marks. Whenever I started to whine that life was unfair, my father would say, ____________________