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Which is correct according to AP Style?
1. Baby Boomer
2. Baby-Boomer
3. baby boomer
4. baby-boomer
You should ___________ your data often. These __________ can save you a lot of grief.
1. back-up, back-ups
2. backup, backups
3. back up, backups
4. backup, back-ups
Some joggers spend part of the time running ___________.
1. backward
2. backwards
When the garbage man rolls the can from your __________, this is known as _________ service.
1. backyard, backyard
2. back yard, back yard
3. back yard, back-yard
I felt so _____ yesterday that I missed class. I feel ________ about missing class.
1. bad, badly
2. badly, badly
3. badly, bad
4. bad, bad
Bail is:
1. money paid to get you out of jail
2. money you lose if you fail to show up for trial
3. a way of paying a fine in advance
He can eat ___________ and talk ___________ with his mouth full.
1. bologna, baloney
2. baloney, baloney
3. baloney, bologna
She covered the cut with a ___________.
1. bandaid
2. Bandaid
3. Band-Aid
During the concert, his cold made him feel so _______ that he played his guitar _________.
1. badly, badly
2. bad, bad
3. bad, badly
4. badly, bad
A bar mitzvah is:
1. a round, close-fitting cap
2. the traditional Jewish service for the dead
3. the Jewish ritual marking a boy's coming of age at 13
Oil is measured in barrels that contain ______ U. S. gallons.
1. 32
2. 42
3. 16
4. 31.5
BASIC is
1. a Great Society program to alleviate poverty in Appalachia
2. a computer programming language
The rural town of Fleasville holds an annual _______ at which a number of ________ amusements take place.
1. bizarre, bizarre
2. bazaar, bazaar
3. bazaar, bizarre
4. bizarre, bazaar
_________ he grew up in Chicago, he knew what the Loop was.
1. Since
2. Because
Which is the correct spelling, according to AP Style?
1. benefited
2. benefitted
Looking through the file of pictures, I saw that, _________ [in addition to] the photo showing him alone, there was another photo of him standing _______ his mother.
1. beside, beside
2. beside, besides
3. besides, besides
4. besides, beside
The odds were
1. five to four
2. five-to-four
3. 5 to 4
4. 5-4
They hold their __________ meeting twice a year and their _________ celebration every other year.
1. biannual, biannual
2. biannual, biennial
3. biennial, biennial
4. biennial, biannual
In standard U.S. usage, a billion is
1. a hundred million
2. a thousand million
3. a million million
Their __________ broadcast occurs on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Their _________ newsletter comes out every other week.
1. semiweekly, biweekly
2. biweekly, semiweekly
In AP Style, FAMU is a historically ______ university.
1. black
2. Black
He tried to organize three city ______ into a single voting ______ to support the mayor.
1. blocks, bloc
2. blocs, block
The advertisement showed eight women -- all _______. Seven had dyed their hair _______.
1. blonds, blond
2. blondes, blond
3. blondes, blonde
The 17-year-old ________ was charged with assault.
1. boy
2. man
The term "British" includes
1. English, Scottish, Welsh
2. English, Scottish, Welsh and residents of Brittany
3. English, Scottish and Irish
The station break was accidentally __________ twice.
1. broadcast
2. broadcasted
Choose the correct spelling:
1. broccolli
2. broccoli
3. brocolli
4. brocoli
The dart she threw hit the _________.
1. bull's eye
2. bullseye
3. bull's-eye
4. bulls-eye
The transportation kisser ____ _____.
1. buses, buses
2. busses, busses
3. busses, buses
4. buses, busses

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