DIRECTIONS:
1. In TWENTY of the sentences, insert an apostrophe where needed. (20 points)
*You may only add exactly one apostrophe OR one apostrophe + -s.
*Copy and paste the entire sentence into the box and then add in the apostrophe.
*Make sure to include the end mark in your answer.
2. FIVE of the sentences are correct. For those sentences, write none in the box. (5 points)
Marjorys birth took place over a century ago, in 1890.
She grew up in Massachusetts, where, she says, “You couldnt drag me away from books. . . .”
Soon Marjory and her mother went to live at her grandparents’ house.
During her college years, Marjory became an advocate of womens suffrage.
After college, Marjory worked for one of St. Louis well-known department stores.
After her marriage to Kenneth Douglas ended, Marjory moved to Miami, Florida, to live with her father Frank and Frank new wife, Lilla.
Frank Stoneman, the publisher of Miami’s morning newspaper, crusaded against developers plans for the Everglades.
His editorials didnt stop the governor from a first assault on the Everglades, however.
Marjory responded to her family’s and many friends affection.
During World War I, Marjory joined the American Red Cross, Clara Barton’s organization.
The Red Cross mission focused on helping wounded soldiers and other war victims, regardless of which side they were on.
The volunteers duties were hard.
Everywhere she went, Marjory saw the despair in refugees faces.
She visited childrens hospitals and clinics throughout France.
Since she had begun to write for her father’s newspaper, Marjory filed several stories from France.
Stationed in Paris at the end of the war, she wrote of the Parisians joy at the armistice.
Returning to Miami, Marjory became the Miami Heralds assistant editor.
She and all the writers earned twenty dollars per week because there was no difference between men’s and womens wages at the paper.
Marjory wanted her writing to open peoples eyes to social problems, such as labor camps or children in poverty.
Eventually she met Ernest Coe, who wanted to protect the Everglades unique characteristics.
Marjory was impressed by Ernest because a panther’s scream in a thicket never bothered him.
Soon the campaign became Marjorys crusade and Ernest’s passion.
Marjory and her friends would visit the Everglades to observe herons’ nests, spoonbills flights, and egrets at rest.
Exhausted by the battle, Marjory took her doctor’s advice and resigned from the paper.
She wrote short stories, and soon the Saturday Evening Posts editor began publishing her writings.