What if my answers are correct?
If you find that all your answers match these, then the your pronoun-using skills are satisfactory.  Congratulations!

What if my answers are incorrect?
If you find that some of your answers don't match these, then WATCH OUT for pronouns—all of them—when you are proofreading your writing for pronoun errors.  Keep track of which types of errors you make more frequently: case errors, agreement errors, reference errors, or pronoun shifts.

Answers to Exercise on Using Correct Pronoun Form, p. 324

1. him
2. them
3. his
4. it
5. they (or these)
6. they
7. them
8. yours
9. she
10. they (or these)
11. yours
12. mine
13. ours
14. she
15. him
16. she
17. us
18. he

Answers to Exercise on Recasting a Paragraph with Pronouns, p. 325

            It is important to note that men and women regard conversation quite differently.  For women it is a passion, a sport, an activity even more important to life than eating because it doesn’t involve any weight gain.  The fist sign of closeness among women is when they find themselves engaging in endless, secretless rounds of conversation with one another.  And as soon as a woman begins to relax and feel comfortable in a relationship with a man, she tries to have that type of conversation with him as well.  However, the first sign that a man is feeling close to a woman is when he admits that he would rather she please quiet down so he can hear the TV.  A man who feels truly intimate with a woman often reserves for her and her alone the precious gift of one-word answers.  Everyone knows that the surest way to spot a successful long-term relationship is to look around a restaurant for the table where no one is talking.  Ah . . . now that’s real love.

Answers to Exercise on Completing Sentences with Pronouns, p. 326-27

1. When a student attends a local college, he or she can live quietly and inexpensively at home.
2. Students living in the dormitories must vacate their rooms during spring break.
3. An oak tree is just a nut that held its ground.
4. When a woman joins the Marines, she should not expect special treatment.
5. Nobody on the rugby team is working to his or her ability.
6. In early days, the local drug store was different from the ones we have today: it usually stood in the center of town and served as a meeting place for people from all walks of life.
7. Each of the women recited her story.
8. Neither one of the men could make up his mind.
9. Sarah is a person who sticks by her principles.
10. Anyone who thinks wrestling is a legitimate sport must be out of his or her mind.
11. Shakespeare left his second-best bed to his wife.
12. The umbrella originated in Mesopotamia 3,400 years ago; it offered protection not from the rain but from the sun.
13. Each woman at the workshop described her project.
14. Most of the voters placed their ballots in the wastebasket.
15. Neither one of the boys could remember his address.

Answers to Exercise on Correcting Errors in Pronoun Reference, p. 328-29

1. When the man gently picked up the puppy, the dog’s ears stood up and his tail started wagging.
2. My father is a mail carrier, but I couldn’t get hired there.
3. Last year Dave played on the college boccie team, but this year he is too busy to play.
4. The menu says that the chili is homemade.
5. She wore a black dress with a white front, and she wrinkled up her face in a mischievous smile as her daughter pinned a rose on the dress so that she would look nice for the picture.
6. After Governor Baldridge watched the lion perform, the lion was taken to Main Street and fed twenty-five pounds of raw meat in front of the Fox Theater.
7. A few moments after the Countess had broken the traditional bottle of champagne on the bows of the noble ship, the ship slid slowly and gracefully down the slipway, entering the water with scarcely a splash.
8. After removing the meat from the broiling an, allow the pan to soak in soapy water.
9. A broken board penetrated the driver’s cabin and just missed his head; the board had to be removed before the man could be released.
10. After drying your dog with a towel, drop the towel into the washing machine.
11. Because guilt and bitterness can be emotionally destructive to you and your children, you must get did of those feelings.
12. When a student is placed on probation, he or she may file an appeal with the dean.