I applied a trick: I created a phantom itemize. \define[1]\BoxedNumber{\inframed[width=3ex]{\convertnumber{n}{#1}}} \defineconversion [BoxedNumber] [\BoxedNumber] \starttext \startitemize[BoxedNumber,fit,repeat][stopper=,distance=\spaceamount] \item xxx \startitemize[BoxedNumber,fit, repeat][stopper=,distance=\spaceamount] \item multiple choice \startitemize[norepeat] \item Your choice: \_\_\_\_ \startitemize[A, columns, two, random, fit][stopper={)},style=bold] %% \item choice 1 \item choice 2 \item choice 3 \item choice 4 \stopitemize \stopitemize \item normal question 1 \startitemize[BoxedNumber, repeat] %% \item question 1 \par\thinrules[n=2] \item question2 \par\thinrules[n=2] \stopitemize \stopitemize \stopitemize \stoptext