“You can tell the test question was written by some Ph.D. who doesn’t realize that most people don’t talk like he does:”
That’s because he hasn’t actually set foot in a public school classroom since 1983...and may well never set foot in a college classroom because he’s too busy turning out reams of useless “research” for publication.
Sorry, no. Most of these erudite ivory tower Phds have never stepped foot in front of students, maybe with the exception of college students when they were grad students. But, they've never been in front of children. That would be beneath them.