Comma Splice and Run On Quiz

As the fish drew nearer, he marveled at its colors__the flat brown-grays seen on the surface had vanished.

Hooper wanted to raise his camera, but his arm would not obey.

The fish came closer, silent as a shadow, and Hooper drew back.

The fish continued to move away from the cage __ Hooper heard faint popping noises,

He knew the film would be worthless unless the fish moved in once more ____ he wanted to catch the beast as it emerged from the darkness.

It struck the cage head on, the snout ramming between two bars

He grabbed one of the tether ropes and pulled, desperately trying to raise the cage.

The surface was a prism that scattered rays of gray from the overcast sky __the bottom was a dim plain of sand sparsely covered with strands of waving grass.

The water was cold, a spill from the chill Southern Ocean ____ traversed the bottom of the world,

I shivered, and my teeth chattered.