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        !             2: \textbf{\index{String Response}String Response} problems are problems in
        !             3: which the student submits a string of characters for the answer. Examples
        !             4: of string response questions are vocabulary tests, short answer and entering
        !             5: chemical formulas.
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        !             7: Note that it is easy to abuse String Response problems. For instance, consider
        !             8: the question {}``Who wrote 'Huckleberry Finn'?'' If you tell the system
        !             9: the answer is {}``Mark Twain'', and a student answers {}``Twain'', the
        !            10: system will mark it wrong. If they answer {}``Samuel Clements'', then the
        !            11: student will definitely get it wrong. There is some room for flexibility
        !            12: in the string processing, but it can be difficult to get it all right. Before
        !            13: you use a String Response problem, be sure you can easily characterize correct
        !            14: answers.
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