Question paper forming apparatus and question paper forming method

A question paper forming apparatus, comprising:

• an image reading unit that reads an image of a question paper, the question paper including text in which a character string for constituting an answer of a question is designated by a mark;
• an answer list forming unit that extracts the character string designated by the mark from the question paper and that forms an electronic data of an answer list by the use of the extracted character string;
• a question sentence forming unit that deletes the character string designated by the mark from the question paper and that sets an answer column to a portion where the character string is deleted, so as to form an electronic data of a question sentence;
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• a printing unit that prints out an answer document which contains the electronic data of the answer list and the electronic data of the question sentence as the question paper on separate papers respectively.