Dow Jones Grammar Test -- Random Selection of 20 Questions

My rejection letter was written on embossed stationary/stationery.
1. stationary
2. stationery
The reporter's story didn't gibe/jibe with the facts.
1. gibe
2. jibe
The U.S. continues to place [a boycott/an embargo] on goods from Cuba.
1. a boycott
2. an embargo
The editor, who/whom I didn't know, nevertheless seemed pleased to interview me.
1. who
2. whom
The mean/median grade in the group of 50,55,85,88 and 100 is 85.
1. mean
2. median
Neither the reporters nor the editor were/was pleased with the article as it was written.
1. were
2. was
Damage/Damages from the hurricane totaled more than $1 billion.
1. Damage
2. Damages
The sports editor seemed adverse/averse to any changes at the newspaper.
1. adverse
2. averse
The publisher's praise of my article was entirely pretense/pretext.
1. pretense
2. pretext
I felt bad/badly that I missed the deadline for the first edition of the newspaper.
1. bad
2. badly
This is the photographer who/whom I had seen earlier.
1. who
2. whom
Police described the woman as a brunette/brunet in her 30s.
1. brunette
2. brunet
The editor and the publisher no longer talk to one another/each other.
1. one another
2. each other
She is presently/currently on assignment but will be back in the office soon.
1. presently
2. currently
The arbitrator/mediator heard from all parties before issuing his decision.
1. arbitrator
2. mediator
Whoever/Whomever we choose as editor will have a difficult task.
1. Whoever
2. Whomever
The family emigrated/immigrated from Russia in 1995.
1. emigrated
2. immigrated
He noticed three discreet/discrete speech patterns among the students.
1. discreet
2. discrete
She's one of those people who want/wants to put her agenda before that of the newspaper.
1. want
2. wants
To some people, the title of executive editor connotes/denotes too much power.
1. connotes
2. denotes
Anyone/Any one of them could become a publisher someday.
1. Anyone
2. Any one
Congress approved/passed a bill to increase the minimum wage.
1. approved
2. passed
One should/should not use a hyphen between adverbs ending in -ly and adjectives they modify.
1. should
2. should not
Her attitude about politics differs with/from mine.
1. with
2. from
The escapee/fugitive was caught two miles from the scene of the crime.