Make \droptotalpoints look like \droppoints (exam documentclass)

Question

To save typing, I have \newcommand{\q}{\question[1]} defined in my exam documentclass. Then, after the question, I use \droppoints to get [1 pt] printed in the right margin.

But sometimes, my questions have parts, each of which is to be worth 1 point each, like this

\q ...
\begin{parts}
    \part[1] ...
    \part[1] ...
    \part[1] ...
    \part[1] ...
\end{parts}

If I try to use \droppoints here, it will give me a [1 pt], because the last part was worth one point.

If I try to use \droptotalpoints here, it gives me a whole big text that I can't get rid of.

I can, of course, write the question as \question[4] and then after the last part say \droppoints. This works great unless I decide to add or comment out a part.

Is it possible for me to get the same point display at the end of a question while automatically summing up the parts? Also, can this be done relatively simply so that I can understand the answer (and modify in the nearly certain case that I change my mind about what I want).

EDIT Per the comment, here is a (sort of) MWE. But it only shows the problem, not the way I'd like it to look.

Answer 1

You can adjust that with \totalformat command.

\totalformat{\fbox{\bfseries Total: \totalpoints\ pts}}

Do your customizations here.

\documentclass[addpoints]{exam}
\totalformat{\fbox{\bfseries Total: \totalpoints\ pts}}
\pointpoints{pt}{pts}
\bracketedpoints

\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
\question How are you?
\droptotalpoints             %% put this here
\begin{parts}
    \part[1] ...
    \droppoints
    \part[2] ...
    \droppoints
    \part[1] ...
    \droppoints
    \part[1] ...
    \droppoints
\end{parts}
%\droptotalpoints            %% put this just after the question
\end{questions}
\end{document}