# Textbooks: Where do you want quiz answers? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999 "2012-11-05T20:15:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/1 "2012-11-05T20:15:42Z")
See the title/poll. I swear to god, my employer (a for-profit test-prep company) can’t makes up its mind–we’ve bounced back and forth between formats four times in four editions. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/2 "2012-11-05T20:36:28Z")
Just for preference, all at the end of the book. ---
**Author:** ![solosam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@solosam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solosam)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/3 "2012-11-05T21:25:38Z")
People usually expect them to be at the back. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/4 "2012-11-05T21:27:32Z")
There is something psychological at work with me that if they are in the chapters, I will cheat and peek. If they are in the back, I won’t. So I prefer them in the back. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/5 "2012-11-06T16:23:55Z")
I prefer them at the end of the chapter. I find it much easier to check my answers when I just have to flip a page or two instead of flipping half the weight of the book just to find the damn things. If you insist on putting them at the back, can you at least give some decent division between sections instead of just running from one to another? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/6 "2012-11-06T18:33:05Z")
How about quiz answers on a separate tear-out page, right after each quiz, ready to just tear out and hand in? 🙂 ETA: Benefit for the publisher: Totally destroys the re-sale value of the book too! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/7 "2012-11-06T18:35:00Z")
I sort of prefer the end of the chapters but it’s not a strong preference. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/8 "2012-11-06T18:40:15Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > How about quiz answers on a separate tear-out page, right after each quiz, ready to just tear out and hand in? 🙂 > > ETA: Benefit for the publisher: Totally destroys the re-sale value of the book too! I don’t know about anyone else’s experience but in mine, the problems to be handed in are the ones without answers. If I get stuck on one of those, I’ll try to work one with an answer to see if I am going in the right direction. I always thought that was the point of having the answers to only half the problems. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/9 "2012-11-06T19:16:12Z")
Why would they be anywhere except the back of the book? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/10 "2012-11-06T22:20:23Z")
Other: The answers should be given to an old hermit who lives high up on a mountain. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/11 "2012-11-07T05:07:46Z")
In Spain another frequent option is a so-called _separata_, a sort of teacher’s booklet. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/12 "2012-11-07T05:38:33Z")
Electronic textbook with the answer(or clue!) coming up after you attempt to answer. Otherwise, the back. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/13 "2012-11-08T21:31:04Z")
This thread reminds me of teacher’s editions. The good ones are wraparounds- all answers, notes, etc. right on the page in the extra big margins. ---
**Author:** ![Sinisterniik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Sinisterniik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinisterniik)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/textbooks-where-do-you-want-quiz-answers/639999/14 "2012-11-08T23:14:44Z")
At the end, with different colored pages (or at least the border of the pages).