diff --git a/mod/quiz/editlib.php b/mod/quiz/editlib.php
index 608e38e10270c..1acb4424f4eb1 100644
--- a/mod/quiz/editlib.php
+++ b/mod/quiz/editlib.php
@@ -462,19 +462,16 @@ function quiz_print_question_list($quiz, $pageurl, $allowdelete, $reordertool,
         $reordercheckboxlabel = '';
         $reordercheckboxlabelclose = '';
 
-        if ($qnum && empty($questions[$qnum])) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
         // If the questiontype is missing change the question type
         if ($qnum && !array_key_exists($qnum, $questions)) {
             $fakequestion = new stdClass();
-            $fakequestion->id = 0;
+            $fakequestion->id = $qnum;
+            $fakequestion->category = 0;
             $fakequestion->qtype = 'missingtype';
-            $fakequestion->name = get_string('deletedquestion', 'qtype_missingtype');
-            $fakequestion->questiontext = '<p>' .
-                    get_string('deletedquestion', 'qtype_missing') . '</p>';
-            $fakequestion->length = 0;
+            $fakequestion->name = get_string('missingquestion', 'quiz');
+            $fakequestion->questiontext = ' ';
+            $fakequestion->questiontextformat = FORMAT_HTML;
+            $fakequestion->length = 1;
             $questions[$qnum] = $fakequestion;
             $quiz->grades[$qnum] = 0;
 
@@ -581,7 +578,7 @@ function quiz_print_question_list($quiz, $pageurl, $allowdelete, $reordertool,
                                 array('title' => $strmovedown));
                     }
                 }
-                if ($allowdelete && (empty($question->id) ||
+                if ($allowdelete && ($question->qtype == 'missingtype' ||
                         question_has_capability_on($question, 'use', $question->category))) {
                     // remove from quiz, not question delete.
                     if (!$hasattempts) {
@@ -595,7 +592,7 @@ function quiz_print_question_list($quiz, $pageurl, $allowdelete, $reordertool,
                 }
                 ?>
             </div><?php
-                if ($question->qtype != 'description' && !$reordertool) {
+                if (!in_array($question->qtype, array('description', 'missingtype')) && !$reordertool) {
                     ?>
 <div class="points">
 <form method="post" action="edit.php" class="quizsavegradesform"><div>
@@ -777,7 +774,7 @@ function quiz_print_pagecontrols($quiz, $pageurl, $page, $hasattempts, $defaultc
  * @param object $quiz The quiz in the context of which the question is being displayed
  */
 function quiz_print_singlequestion($question, $returnurl, $quiz) {
-    echo '<div class="singlequestion">';
+    echo '<div class="singlequestion ' . $question->qtype . '">';
     echo quiz_question_edit_button($quiz->cmid, $question, $returnurl,
             quiz_question_tostring($question) . ' ');
     echo '<span class="questiontype">';
@@ -884,7 +881,7 @@ function quiz_print_randomquestion(&$question, &$pageurl, &$quiz, $quiz_qbanktoo
  * @param object $quiz The quiz in the context of which the question is being displayed
  */
 function quiz_print_singlequestion_reordertool($question, $returnurl, $quiz) {
-    echo '<div class="singlequestion">';
+    echo '<div class="singlequestion ' . $question->qtype . '">';
     echo '<label for="s' . $question->id . '">';
     echo print_question_icon($question);
     echo ' ' . quiz_question_tostring($question);
diff --git a/mod/quiz/lang/en/quiz.php b/mod/quiz/lang/en/quiz.php
index 897a16d07413f..7519561be7981 100644
--- a/mod/quiz/lang/en/quiz.php
+++ b/mod/quiz/lang/en/quiz.php
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
 $string['minutes'] = 'Minutes';
 $string['missingcorrectanswer'] = 'Correct answer must be specified';
 $string['missingitemtypename'] = 'Missing name';
+$string['missingquestion'] = 'This question no longer seems to exist';
 $string['modulename'] = 'Quiz';
 $string['modulename_help'] = 'The quiz module enables the teacher to design and set quizzes consisting of multiple choice, true-false, matching and other question types. Each attempt is automatically marked, and the teacher can choose whether to give feedback and/or show correct answers.';
 $string['modulenameplural'] = 'Quizzes';
diff --git a/mod/quiz/locallib.php b/mod/quiz/locallib.php
index 7e10d16999d53..5595611dfd539 100644
--- a/mod/quiz/locallib.php
+++ b/mod/quiz/locallib.php
@@ -833,11 +833,13 @@ function quiz_question_edit_button($cmid, $question, $returnurl, $contentafteric
         }
         $questionparams = array('returnurl' => $returnurl, 'cmid' => $cmid, 'id' => $question->id);
         $questionurl = new moodle_url("$CFG->wwwroot/question/question.php", $questionparams);
-        return '<a title="' . $action . '" href="' . $questionurl->out() . '"><img src="' .
+        return '<a title="' . $action . '" href="' . $questionurl->out() . '" class="questioneditbutton"><img src="' .
                 $OUTPUT->pix_url($icon) . '" alt="' . $action . '" />' . $contentaftericon .
                 '</a>';
+    } else if ($contentaftericon) {
+        return '<span class="questioneditbutton">' . $contentaftericon . '</span>';
     } else {
-        return $contentaftericon;
+        return '';
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/mod/quiz/styles.css b/mod/quiz/styles.css
index 7ede7f14701ab..1b163fe313481 100644
--- a/mod/quiz/styles.css
+++ b/mod/quiz/styles.css
@@ -264,8 +264,10 @@ table#categoryquestions {width: 100%;overflow: hidden;table-layout: fixed;}
 #page-mod-quiz-edit .editq div.question div.content .questionpreview {float:left;}
 #page-mod-quiz-edit .editq div.question div.content .questionpreview a{font-weight:normal;margin-left:0em;display:inline;float:none;}
 #page-mod-quiz-edit .editq div.question div.content .randomquestioncategory .questionpreview img{padding-right:0.3em;}
-#page-mod-quiz-edit .editq div.question div.content .singlequestion a .questionname,
-#page-mod-quiz-edit .editq div.question div.content .singlequestion a .questiontext{float:left;}
+#page-mod-quiz-edit .editq div.question div.content .singlequestion .questioneditbutton .questionname,
+#page-mod-quiz-edit .editq div.question div.content .singlequestion .questioneditbutton .questiontext{float:left;}
+#page-mod-quiz-edit .reorder div.question div.content .singlequestion.missingtype .questionname,
+#page-mod-quiz-edit .editq div.question div.content .singlequestion.missingtype .questionname {font-style: italic; max-width: 75%;}
 #page-mod-quiz-edit .editq div.question div.description div.content .questiontext {max-width: 75%;}
 #page-mod-quiz-edit .editq div.question div.qnum{font-size:1.5em;}
 
@@ -398,8 +400,8 @@ bank window's title is prominent enough*/
 #page-mod-quiz-edit.dir-rtl div.editq div.question div.content {float: right;height: 40px;}
 #page-mod-quiz-edit.dir-rtl div.question div.content div.points {left: 50px;right:auto;}
 #page-mod-quiz-edit.dir-rtl div.question div.content div.questioncontrols {float: left;left: 0.3em; right:auto;}
-#page-mod-quiz-edit.dir-rtl .editq div.question div.content .singlequestion a .questionname,
-#page-mod-quiz-edit.dir-rtl .editq div.question div.content .singlequestion a .questiontext {float: right; padding-right: 0.3em;}
+#page-mod-quiz-edit.dir-rtl .editq div.question div.content .singlequestion .questioneditbutton .questionname,
+#page-mod-quiz-edit.dir-rtl .editq div.question div.content .singlequestion .questioneditbutton .questiontext {float: right; padding-right: 0.3em;}
 #page-mod-quiz-edit.dir-rtl div.question div.content .questiontext,
 #page-mod-quiz-edit.dir-rtl #categoryquestions .questiontext {padding-right: 0.3em;}
 #page-mod-quiz-edit.dir-rtl .editq div.questioncontentcontainer div.singlequestion img {float: right;}