The error in this sentence is the incorrect punctuation used to separate Elena's first sentence from her second sentence. Since both sentences are complete thoughts, we should change the comma after "said" to a period ("said. 'In fact, I think it was totally an accident.'")

“I was too tired to go out” is an indirect quotation; we know this because it’s preceded by the word “that.” Since indirect quotations don’t require quotation marks, and since a comma is needed before the conjunction (“but”) to separate these two independent clauses, the correct answer is “I told my friends that I was too tired to go out, but really I just wanted to catch up on my favorite TV series.”

This sentence contains a misuse of quotation marks. The words "Brave New World" is an example of the title of a book (written by Aldous Huxley in 1932), which should either be italicized or underlined. The correct answer is, "He bought a new book, Brave New World, to read in his free time."

This sentence contains a misuse of quotation marks. When a quote is inside of another quotation, single quotation marks must be used for the inner quotation. All other rules for capitalization and punctuation are also followed for quotes within quotes. The correct answer is: ""She said, 'We will make the decision by Monday.'"

This sentence contains a quotation error. Stories, poems, and excerpts (along with other forms of media) should have quotes around them. Unlike books, they are not underlined/italicized. The correct answer is, "The poem "The Road Not Taken" is one of Robert Frost's most famous poems."

The "Road Not Taken" was first published in 1916.

This sentence misuses single quotation marks. Single quotation marks can only be used within an existing quotation. Double quotes should be used instead, since it is indicating here that the word "friend" is being used in some special  or ironic way. The best choice is, " "friend" gave."

Double quotation marks are conventionally used to indicate speech, and commas are conventionally used inside the quotation marks to separate a line of speech from its dialogue tag. Double quotation marks (without commas) are also conventionally used around a word or term to indicate discussion of that word or term in speech. However, because “prejudice” and “bigotry” are already within a set of double quotation marks here, single quotation marks must be used.

This sentence misuses commas. It is clear that the words "Nunn Bush" is supposed to be the brand name of the shoes. Brand names are never put in quotations and no additional punctuation is necessary. The correct choice is, "Nunn Bush shoes arrived in the mail today."

This sentence misuses quotation marks. Since The Hunger Games is the title of a series of books, it should be underlined OR italicized (not both). "The Hunger Games is a very popular series of novels" is the correct choice since it is the only choice that punctuates this series of words properly.

This sentence contains a misuse of quotation marks. The phrase "if Sandra would be attending the party" is not a direct quote from Michael. Instead, it is an indirect question being phrased in the form of a sentence. Only direct quotations deserve quotation marks, so no punctuation is needed; the correct answer choice is, "if Sandra would be attending the party."