only working with dates at at string level on the model

Management/Models/Local/Quiz/LocalQuizQuestion.cs

@@ -13,10 +13,17 @@ public record LocalQuizQuestion
   public double Points { get; init; }
   public IEnumerable<LocalQuizQuestionAnswer> Answers { get; init; } =
     Enumerable.Empty<LocalQuizQuestionAnswer>();
+  public IEnumerable<string> MatchDistractors { get; init; } = [];
   public string ToMarkdown()
   {
     var answerArray = Answers.Select(getAnswerMarkdown);
-    var answersText = string.Join("\n", answerArray);
+
+
+    var distractorText = MatchDistractors
+          .Select(d => $"\n^ - {d}")
+          .Join("");
+
+    var answersText = string.Join("\n", answerArray) + distractorText;
     var questionTypeIndicator = QuestionType == "essay" || QuestionType == "short_answer" ? QuestionType : "";
 
     return $@"Points: {Points}
@@ -39,10 +46,7 @@ public record LocalQuizQuestion
     }
     else if (QuestionType == "matching")
     {
-      var distractorText = answer.MatchDistractors?.Select(
-        d => $"\n^ - {d}"
-      ).Join("") ?? "";
-      return $"^ {answer.Text} - {answer.MatchedText}" + distractorText;
+      return $"^ {answer.Text} - {answer.MatchedText}";
     }
     else
     {
@@ -98,12 +102,22 @@ public record LocalQuizQuestion
       ? getAnswers(linesWithoutPoints, questionIndex, questionType)
       : [];
 
+    var distractors = questionType == "matching"
+      ? answers.Where(a => a.Text == "").Select(a => a.MatchedText ?? "").ToArray()
+      : [];
+
+    var answersWithoutDistractors = questionType == "matching"
+      ? answers.Where(a => a.Text != "").ToArray()
+      : answers;
+
+
     return new LocalQuizQuestion()
     {
       Text = description,
       Points = points,
-      Answers = answers,
-      QuestionType = questionType
+      Answers = answersWithoutDistractors,
+      QuestionType = questionType,
+      MatchDistractors = distractors
     };
   }
 
@@ -184,27 +198,6 @@ public record LocalQuizQuestion
 
     var answers = answerLines
       .Select((a, i) => LocalQuizQuestionAnswer.ParseMarkdown(a, questionType))
-      .Aggregate([], (IEnumerable<LocalQuizQuestionAnswer> accumulator, LocalQuizQuestionAnswer answer) =>
-      {
-        if (questionType != "matching")
-          return accumulator.Append(answer);
-
-        if (accumulator.Count() == 0)
-          return accumulator.Append(answer);
-
-        if (answer.Text != "")
-          return accumulator.Append(answer);
-
-
-        var previousDistractors = accumulator.Last().MatchDistractors ?? [];
-        var newLastAnswer = accumulator.Last() with
-        {
-          MatchDistractors = previousDistractors.Append(answer.MatchedText ?? "").ToArray()
-        };
-
-        return accumulator.Reverse().Skip(1).Reverse().Append(newLastAnswer);
-
-      })
       .ToArray();
 
     return answers;

Management/Models/Local/Quiz/LocalQuizQuestionAnswer.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ public record LocalQuizQuestionAnswer
   public string Text { get; init; } = string.Empty;
 
   public string? MatchedText { get; init; }
-  public IEnumerable<string>? MatchDistractors { get; init; }
 
   public string HtmlText => MarkdownService.Render(Text);
 

Management/Services/Canvas/CanvasQuizService.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using CanvasModel.Quizzes;
+
 using LocalModels;
+
 using RestSharp;
 
 namespace Management.Services.Canvas;
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ public class CanvasQuizService(
   CanvasServiceUtils utils,
   ICanvasAssignmentService assignments,
   ILogger<CanvasQuizService> logger
-): ICanvasQuizService
+) : ICanvasQuizService
 {
   private readonly IWebRequestor webRequestor = webRequestor;
   private readonly CanvasServiceUtils utils = utils;
@@ -164,6 +166,7 @@ public class CanvasQuizService(
 
     var url = $"courses/{canvasCourseId}/quizzes/{canvasQuizId}/questions";
     var answers = getAnswers(q);
+
     var body = new
     {
       question = new
@@ -172,9 +175,12 @@ public class CanvasQuizService(
         question_type = q.QuestionType + "_question",
         points_possible = q.Points,
         position,
+        matching_answer_incorrect_matches = string.Join("\n", q.MatchDistractors),
         answers
       }
     };
+    Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(q));
+    Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(body));
     var request = new RestRequest(url);
     request.AddBody(body);
 
@@ -197,7 +203,6 @@ public class CanvasQuizService(
         {
           answer_match_left = a.Text,
           answer_match_right = a.MatchedText,
-          matching_answer_incorrect_matches = a.MatchDistractors,
         })
         .ToArray();