ACT Prep 5- Run-on Sentences

When I got there, I had to wait forever to see him when he finally examined my teeth, he found four cavities.

• NO CHANGE
• him. When
• him and when
• him, when

My professor read my paper she said it was excellent.

• NO CHANGE
• my paper, she said
• my paper; she said
• my paper, or she said

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My cat meowed angrily, I knew she wanted food.

• NO CHANGE
• angrily I knew
• angrily, so I knew
• angrily, or I knew

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The largest tree by volume in the world is the General Sherman Sequoia, it is a little over 52,500 cubic feet.

• NO CHANGE
• Sequoia, but it is
• Sequoia, that it is
• Sequoia, which is

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Where should the run-on sentence be separated?
"A wise man makes his own decisions an ignorant man follows public opinion."

• No separation/Not a run-on
• After "wise man"
• After "decisions"
• After "ignorant man"

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Where should the run-on sentence be separated? 
"He enjoys walking through the country he often goes backpacking on his vacations."

• No separation/Not a run-on
• After "walking" 
• After "he"
• After "country"

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Where should the run-on sentence be separated?
"Jonathan taught high school art before he became a college professor."

• No separation/Not a run-on
• After "taught"
• After "art"
• After "before"

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Where should the run-on sentence be separated? 
"He often watched TV when there were only reruns she preferred to read instead."

• No separation/Not a run-on
• After "reruns"
• After "TV"
• After "preferred"

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Where should the run-on sentence be separated?
"I didn't know which job I wanted I was too confused to decide."

• No separation/Not a run-on
• After "didn't know"
• After "confused"
• After "wanted"

Three other kinds of beavers lived around Agate in the early Miocene epoch, but their bones have never been found in the burrows, in fact, no one knows what they did for homes.

• NO CHANGE
• burrows.  In fact, no one
• burrows, no one, in fact
• burrows, the fact of the matter is in fact no one

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