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This Five-Question Grammar And Punctuation Quiz Will Get You Ready For Spring

This is a misplaced or dangling modifier. _She_ refers to Hana, the subject of the sentence, and _Hana_ should therefore follow the comma.

_Hana_ should follow the comma.

Though she loved the snow,   
this past winter was   
way too cold for Hana.

There are two independent clauses here, so cut the comma and replace it with a semicolon or dash. (Alternatively, you could split it into two sentences.) Both British and American English put that comma inside the quotation mark.

Kill the comma.

"It should not be 20°F   
in March, it's almost   
spring," Zain complained.

Ideally, this sentence should read something like, "I can't wait for all of the puddles, inside-out umbrellas, and wet feet that come with the month of April."

It's not parallel.

I can't wait for all of the puddles, inside-out umbrellas, and my feet getting wet that come with the month of April.

The verb _is_ does a perfectly adequate job of introducing the list of baby animals, so you should lose the colon. (Also, the singular verb _is_ agrees with _best part_.)

There's no need for that colon!

The best part of spring is: baby animals such as ducklings, chicks, and bunnies. 

_Lays_ requires a direct object (and is also the past tense of _lies_), _wildflowers_ is one word ( [per _Merriam-Webster_](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildflower)), and those commas indicate a nonessential part of the sentence (i.e., the sentence has the same meaning without _Molly_).

There's nothing wrong here!

My border collie, Molly, my only dog, always lies in the wildflowers that bloom behind my house every May.

You'll do better next time — these are tough!

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This Five-Question Grammar And Punctuation Quiz Will Get You Ready For Spring

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