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1.2       bowersj2    1: \label{String_Response_Problems}
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1.3     ! vandui11    3: \textbf{\index{String Response}String Response} problems allow the student to submit a string of characters for the answer. Examples
        !             4: of String Response questions are vocabulary tests, short answers and chemical formulas.
1.1       bowersj2    5: 
                      6: Note that it is easy to abuse String Response problems. For instance, consider
                      7: the question {}``Who wrote 'Huckleberry Finn'?'' If you tell the system
                      8: the answer is {}``Mark Twain'', and a student answers {}``Twain'', the
1.3     ! vandui11    9: system will mark it wrong. If they answer {}``Samuel Clemens'', then the
1.1       bowersj2   10: student will definitely get it wrong. There is some room for flexibility
1.3     ! vandui11   11: in the string processing, but it can be difficult to get it all correct. Before
1.1       bowersj2   12: you use a String Response problem, be sure you can easily characterize correct
                     13: answers.
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