1 An important point to know is how to correctly place question marks when using direct quotations. 2  Question marks go inside the quotation marks when the quotation asks the question and outside the quotation marks when the full sentence poses the question. Question marks and exclamation marks go inside the quotation marks when the quoted material is a question or an exclamation and outside the quotation marks when the whole sentence is a question or an exclamation.
Definition of babushka. 1  1a : a usually triangularly folded kerchief for the headb : a head covering (as a scarf) resembling a babushka. 2  2 : an elderly Russian woman.
Nesting dolls are the best known and most popular of all Russian souvenirs. The Russian word for these wooden dolls is matryoshka, but they are also called matrioshka, matreshka, matriochka, babushka or babooshka dolls, babushka's doll, matroshka, matruska, matryushka, and stacking dolls.