Turn the eliminator off before you select an answer. If it is still on, a tap can cross off the choice you meant to pick. How the tool works is in the answer eliminator.
Two modes, one click
Eliminator mode marks a choice as dead. Selection mode records your answer. Switching is the whole skill. Masking hides a choice instead, in answer masking.
English is where this misfire happens most, in using the eliminator on English. Strikethrough on passage text is a different tool, in strikethrough.
The bottom line
Eliminate, toggle off, then select. Do not pick with the tool still armed.
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