Punctuation test

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Which is correct?
1. "Come in!", he shouted.
2. "Come in!" He shouted.
3. "Come in!" he shouted.
Which is NOT correct?
1. I was feeling uncomfortable. The rain was running down my neck.
2. I was feeling uncomfortable; the rain was running down my neck.
3. I was feeling uncomfortable, the rain was running down my neck.
Why is this not correct: She came into the house, but they will be leaving it soon.?
1. There are two stand-alone clauses and they can never be separated by a comma.
2. The two clauses are grammatically too dissimilar to be separated by a comma.
3. The two clauses are semantically too dissimilar to be separated by a comma.
Why is this not correct: The car seemed old, and slow.?
1. Because classifiers can't be separated with commas.
2. Because the verb seem has been elided from the second part.
3. Because you can't have a comma before and in any list.
In this sentence: The butcher, the man over there with the cigar, has just won a fortune. the parts separated by commas are ...
1. in a reduced relative clause
2. in apposition
3. in a list
4. in opposition