Question

Select the correctly punctuated sentence.

a. John are you certain you understand? Emily asked.
b. "John, are you certain you understand?" Emily asked.
c. "John, are you certain you understand," Emily asked?
d. "John are you certain you understand?" Emily asked.
e. "John are you certain, you understand," Emily asked?

Answer 1

the correct answer is:

b) "John, are you certain you understand?" Emily asked.

Answer 2

"b. "John, are you certain you understand?" Emily asked. is the only correctly punctuated sentence because question marks always go inside quotation marks.