[Tex/LaTex] Keeping checkboxes aligned using the Exam class

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I'm using the exam class in a multicols environment to create a series of worksheets. Many questions are yes/no. If the question is too long, it wraps to the next line and moves the answers. Is there a way to "anchor" the answer yes/no checkboxes to always appear right aligned on the first line and wrap the text of the question appropriately?

Below is the way I can currently formatting yes/no questions. A solution would not hopefully not require the way questions are currently written to be changed since there are quite a few legacy documents. Also, a solution can't modify every question, because not every question is yes/no.

\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{multicol}
\newcommand\YesNo{%
\hfill\mbox{\begin{oneparcheckboxes}
    \choice Yes
    \choice No
\end{oneparcheckboxes}}}

\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{questions}
\question This question is short\YesNo
\question This question is longer, and will probably wrap to the next line\YesNo

... % lots of questions go here

\end{questions}
\end{multicols}
\end{document}

Currently looks like…
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Should look like…
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Best Answer

Would using top-aligned \parboxes work?

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\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{multicol}% http://ctan.org/pkg/multicol
\newcommand\YesNo{%
\hfill\mbox{\begin{oneparcheckboxes}
    \choice Yes
    \choice No
\end{oneparcheckboxes}}}

\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{questions}
\question This question is short\YesNo
\question \parbox[t]{0.5\linewidth}{This question is longer, and will probably wrap to the next line}\YesNo
\question This question is short\YesNo
\question \parbox[t]{0.5\linewidth}{This question is longer, and will probably wrap to the next line}\YesNo
\question This question is short\YesNo
\question \parbox[t]{0.5\linewidth}{This question is longer, and will probably wrap to the next line}\YesNo
\question This question is short\YesNo
\question \parbox[t]{0.5\linewidth}{This question is longer, and will probably wrap to the next line}\YesNo
\question This question is short\YesNo
\question \parbox[t]{0.5\linewidth}{This question is longer, and will probably wrap to the next line}\YesNo
\question This question is short\YesNo
\question \parbox[t]{0.5\linewidth}{This question is longer, and will probably wrap to the next line}\YesNo
\question This question is short\YesNo
\question \parbox[t]{0.5\linewidth}{This question is longer, and will probably wrap to the next line}\YesNo
\question This question is short\YesNo
\question \parbox[t]{0.5\linewidth}{This question is longer, and will probably wrap to the next line}\YesNo
\question This question is short\YesNo
\question \parbox[t]{0.5\linewidth}{This question is longer, and will probably wrap to the next line}\YesNo
\question This question is short\YesNo
\question \parbox[t]{0.5\linewidth}{This question is longer, and will probably wrap to the next line}\YesNo
\end{questions}
\end{multicols}
\end{document}

The choice of \parbox width (0.5\linewidth) may be varied depending on the multiple choice style.

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[Tex/LaTex] wrapfigure within an exam

One possibility would be to move the minipage inside the parts environment, and ending it as soon as enough material has been wrapped, as the following example illustrates:

\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{questions}
\question Answer all parts below: 

\begin{parts}
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth} 
\begin{wrapfigure}{r}{9cm}
\hfill
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{./20x20grid-axes.png}
\end{wrapfigure}
\part[1] 1 + 1 = \answerline

\fullwidth{\begin{solution}\begin{align*} \boxed{ 2 } \end{align*}\end{solution}}

\part[1] 2 + 2 = \answerline

\fullwidth{\begin{solution}\begin{align*} \boxed{ 4 } \end{align*}\end{solution}}

\part[1] 3 + 3 = \answerline

\fullwidth{\begin{solution}\begin{align*} \boxed{ 4 } \end{align*}\end{solution}}
\end{minipage}

\part[1] 3 + 6 = \answerline

\fullwidth{\begin{solution}\begin{align*} \boxed{ 6 } \end{align*}\end{solution}}

\end{parts}
\end{questions}

\end{document}

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The demo option for graphicx simply replaces actual figures with black rectangles; do not use that option in your actual document.

[Tex/LaTex] How to break long solutions in exam class

use it without the

\begin{EnvFullwidth}
...
\end{EnvFullwidth}

or define a command \SetTotalwidth which does the same but allows a pagebreak

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,answers]{exam}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsthm,lipsum}

\makeatletter
\def\SetTotalwidth{\advance\linewidth by \@totalleftmargin
\@totalleftmargin=0pt}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\begin{questions}
\question Let $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$, possibly singular. Show there exists $\epsilon \neq 0$ such that  $A+\epsilon I$ is n.

\SetTotalwidth
\begin{solution}\noindent
\lipsum
\end{solution}

\end{questions}

\begin{questions}

\question Let $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$, possibly singular. Show there exists $\epsilon \neq 0$ such that  $A+\epsilon I$ is n.
\begin{solution}
\lipsum[5]
\end{solution}
\end{questions}

\end{document}

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