The student exclaimed, "I can't believe I finally finished my research paper"!
Correct: A
When an exclamation point (or question mark) is part of the quoted material, it should be placed inside the closing quotation marks. There should only be one exclamation mark for a single exclamation. Placing an additional exclamation mark outside the quotation marks is redundant and incorrect. Option A correctly places the exclamation mark inside the closing quotation mark.