This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Reading – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Reading Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Your writing is illegible, in other word, it is very difficult. I can't read your note. "illegible" means ..... A) Writing. B) Not. C) Difficult. D) Note. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Difficult. 2. The passage suggests that Justin is concerned with all of the following except A) Not disappointing his parents. B) Acting in a courteous manner towards his date. C) The annoying sound of the insects. D) What his peers will think about the date. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not disappointing his parents. 3. But it was a little late to rein Clara in now ..... Rein in means A) Clara was often outside after dark. B) Clara was unable to ride horses. C) Clara was determined to learn new things in the country. D) Clara was too old to play with her cousins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clara was determined to learn new things in the country. 4. Why is it important to understand the structure of a passage in reading comprehension? A) To identify the author's purpose. B) To memorize the passage. C) To answer questions about the passage's organization. D) To improve vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To answer questions about the passage's organization. 5. Imagine Aria and Mason diving into their favorite book, armed with highlighters and sticky notes. They're underlining key points, jotting down thoughts, summarizing chapters, and picking out important details. What is this dynamic reading strategy called? A) Active reading. B) Text rendering. C) Student engagement. D) Annotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Active reading. 6. Choose the correct antonym for 'difficult'. A) Hard. B) Challenging. C) Easy. D) Complicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Easy. 7. Be sure to choose the option that ..... the question. A) Is semi-relevant to. B) Actually answers. C) Doesn't answer. D) Refers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actually answers. 8. Why did Clara return from boarding school? A) The people who cared for Clara were concerned about her health. B) Clara was younger and smaller than most of the other students. C) The teachers thought Clara could learn more at home. D) Clara was unhappy because she missed her family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The people who cared for Clara were concerned about her health. 9. Which passage type is included in the Reading section of the ACT Reading Test? A) Personal Narrative. B) Literary Narrative. C) A love letter. D) Data Representation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary Narrative. 10. Mark answer to #3 here. A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 11. What federal government body was created to combat terrorism? A) Deptartment of Homeland Security. B) Department of Internal Affairs. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deptartment of Homeland Security. 12. How many total questions are on the ACT Reading test? A) 35 questions. B) 40 questions. C) 45 questions. D) 50 questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40 questions. 13. Which order will the passages ALWAYS appear in? A) Humanities; Natural Science; Social Science; Fiction. B) Social Science; Natural Science; Fiction; Humanities. C) Natural Science; Fiction; Humanities; Social Science. D) Fiction; Social Science; Humanities; Natural Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fiction; Social Science; Humanities; Natural Science. 14. What role does the priest play in the story? A) He is a believer who supports the old man. B) He is indifferent to the old man's presence. C) He is a skeptic who questions the old man's divinity. D) He is a villain who tries to exploit the old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is a skeptic who questions the old man's divinity. 15. How can recognizing the structure of a passage aid in answering questions? A) It allows for a faster reading speed without comprehension. B) It helps identify key points and how they relate to the questions. C) It encourages guessing when unsure about the answers. D) It makes the passage seem less important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It helps identify key points and how they relate to the questions. 16. It is an act of giving statements for justification and explanation. A) Reasoning. B) Reading. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reasoning. 17. There are many stars in the sky ..... , we couldn't count them. A) Therefore. B) Due to. C) Since. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Therefore. 18. What might wrong answers do according to the ACT Reading summary? A) Summarize the text accurately. B) Provide additional information. C) Confuse the relationship between ideas. D) Offer a clear explanation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confuse the relationship between ideas. 19. You should spend NO MORE than ..... minutes reading each passage. A) 6. B) 3. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 20. What is the benchmark score for the ACT Reading Test? A) 19. B) 17. C) 18. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20. 21. What kinds of past experiences can help you during a test? A) All past experiences. B) Only gardening experience. C) Past experiences cannot help at all. D) Only work experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All past experiences. 22. Why is it important to figure out the author's purpose? A) So you can disagree with it on the test. B) Many questions ask about what the author means, not what you personally think. C) To guess faster without reading. D) To match bolded words with definitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many questions ask about what the author means, not what you personally think. 23. How can the reader determine the tone of a text? A) By examining the text's bibliography. B) By identifying the setting of the story. C) By analyzing the word choice and sentence structure. D) By counting the number of characters in the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By analyzing the word choice and sentence structure. 24. Why do Pelayo and Elisenda become alarmed and concerned when they think that the old man is going to die? A) Because they don't know what to do with a dead angel. B) Because they have come to love him and would be devastated if he dies. C) Because they won't have enough money to live the way they are accustomed to if the old man dies. D) Because they are hoping the angel can heal their sick baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because they don't know what to do with a dead angel. 25. What does it mean to "secure" a position? A) To ignore it. B) To criticize it. C) To obtain it. D) To lose it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To obtain it. 26. Compared to the narrator of Passage A, the narrator of Passage B provides more information about: A) Armstrong's actions after setting foot on the moon's surface. B) Armstrong's qualifications for a moon voyage. C) The prior accomplishments of the space program. D) The order of events throughout the moon landing broadcast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The order of events throughout the moon landing broadcast. 27. As it is used in line 32. the word vessel most nearly means: A) Prcoess. B) Facility. C) Container. D) Source. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Container. 28. Which is NOT a topic for the passage found on the reading test? A) Social science. B) Natural science. C) Historical fiction. D) Literary narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical fiction. 29. Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage as a whole? A) Impassioned argument. B) Reasoned persuasion. C) Scholarly detachment. D) Impersonal indifference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reasoned persuasion. 30. As it is used in the passage, the word palpable most nearly means: A) Apparent. B) Complicated. C) Drab. D) Powerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apparent. 31. What does "casual" mean in the context of attire? A) Formal and elegant. B) Relaxed and informal. C) Traditional and conservative. D) Expensive and luxurious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relaxed and informal. 32. How many words does an unfamiliar passage typically contain? A) 750. B) 850. C) 600. D) 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 750. 33. Typically, distractors contain some element of ..... A) Exact wording. B) Truth. C) Ridiculous material. D) Opposing viewpoints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Truth. 34. People are crowding around the entrance to a department store which won't open for another hour. Make an infernce A) There is always a crowd like this an hour before opening. B) The store is having a big sale. C) The store has paid a crowd to show up. D) The store is the only department store in the entire region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The store is having a big sale. 35. As it is used in line 56, the word harbors most nearly means: A) Sails. B) Soaks. C) Hides. D) Holds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holds. 36. Which of the following is a helpful technique for eliminating distractors on the ACT test? A) Guess randomly. B) Spend more time on difficult questions. C) Choose the longest answer choice. D) Cross out obviously incorrect answer choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cross out obviously incorrect answer choices. 37. The teacher accused me of ..... because my essay was so similar to that of another student. A) Plagerism. B) Confusion. C) Procrastination. D) Celerity. E) Decorum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plagerism. 38. As it is used in line 38, the word sensibilities most nearly means: A) Perspectives. B) Emotions. C) Feelings of gratitude. D) Sensitivities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perspectives. 39. How many minutes will you have to take the reading test? A) 55. B) 25. C) 45. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 35. 40. Which of the following would the author of the passage be LEAST likely to recommend as a way to strengthen the synapses of a baby's brain? A) Teaching a baby with flashcards. B) Showing a baby how to distinguish red socks from blue blocks. C) Playing peekaboo with a baby. D) Reading to a baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teaching a baby with flashcards. 41. The patient is usually morose, but he seems happy today. A) The patient is usually happy. B) The patient is very sick. C) The patient has no hope. D) The patient is usually unhappy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The patient is usually unhappy. 42. Based on the passage, the author's use of the word "measuring" (line 12) most nearly describes the waythat some desert plants: A) Have roots that are extremely sensitive to moisturelevels in the soil. B) Have methods of delaying seed germination until acertain amount of water is present. C) Are visibly more vigorous after a rainfall. D) Can calculate how many inches of rain have fallenin recent days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have methods of delaying seed germination until acertain amount of water is present. 43. What is the narrator's contribution to the lodge's operations? A) Managing guest bookings. B) Leading hunting expeditions. C) Designing signs for the water taps. D) Cooking meals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Designing signs for the water taps. 44. Avery, Isla, and James are working on a group project. Their teacher praised them because their presentation was ..... A) A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. B) Consternation and distress, typically that caused by something unexpected. C) Logical and consistent. D) Of the highest quality or degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logical and consistent. 45. A detail in a text that does not support the main idea is: A) Always irrelevant and should be ignored. B) Important for understanding the context. C) Sometimes used to provide a counterargument or alternative perspective. D) Only found in poorly written texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sometimes used to provide a counterargument or alternative perspective. 46. Where do Elisenda and Pelayo put the old man after they drag him out of the mud where he has fallen? A) They leave him in the rear courtyard. B) The kitchen. C) The chicken coop. D) The village church. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The chicken coop. 47. What is the purpose of reading the relevant portion of the text? A) To find the citation. B) To guess the answer. C) To memorize the passage. D) To find the answer to the question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To find the answer to the question. 48. Why is it important to understand the structure of a passage? A) It helps to follow the author's argument and organization. B) It makes reading faster without comprehension. C) It allows for guessing the author's intent. D) It is only important for poetry and not for prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helps to follow the author's argument and organization. 49. According to the passage, one thing PET allows neurobiologists to do is: A) Determine the number of genes involved in the formation of a baby's brain. B) Observe activity in the frontal cortex of a baby's brain. C) Control the release of neurotransmitters in a baby's auditory cortex. D) Restore microscopic connections in a baby's brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observe activity in the frontal cortex of a baby's brain. 50. Intuition (noun) A) Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world. B) An unlucky accident. C) The ability to understand something immediately, a 'gut feeling'. D) Extremely obvious or conspicuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ability to understand something immediately, a 'gut feeling'. 51. He was treated like a ..... and cast out from his community. A) Tyro. B) Ascetic. C) Prodigal. D) Prodigy. E) Pariah. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Pariah. 52. As it is used in line 76, the word loaded most nearly means: A) Armed. B) Took on. C) Weighed down. D) Supplied abundantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Armed. 53. Cause someone to be hostile A) Analyze. B) Antagonize. C) Adhere. D) Anticipate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonize. 54. At what speed, at WPM, do you need to read in order to complete the test with plenty of time? A) 200 WPM. B) 300 WPM. C) 275 WPM. D) 350 WPM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 275 WPM. 55. As it is used in line 32 of the passage, the word placid most nearly means: A) J. playful. B) H. nervous. C) F. calm. D) G. straightforward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) F. calm. 56. When you read the humanities passage, you should label it: A) Feelings. B) Cause and effect. C) Point of view. D) Theories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 57. What is a characteristic of a "Confused Relationships" wrong answer? A) Random thoughts. B) Exactly opposite. C) Misunderstanding connections. D) Not in the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misunderstanding connections. 58. Why is the townspeople's casual acceptance of the old man's wings without complete awe or wonder a characteristic of magical realism? A) It demonstrates the hero's journey. B) It underscores the story's focus on historical events. C) It indicates the townpeople's deep knowledge of magical beings. D) It reflects the blending of the ordinary with the extraordinary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It reflects the blending of the ordinary with the extraordinary. 59. The Reading Section of the ACT exam consists of ..... reading passages with ..... questions per passage that must be completed in ..... minutes. A) 5, 10, 35. B) 5, 10, 45. C) 4, 10, 35. D) 4, 10, 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4, 10, 35. 60. True or False. The author's or narrator's purpose is of little concern on the reading test. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. Next →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct Reading Quiz 2Act Reading Quiz 3Act Reading Quiz 4Act Reading Quiz 5Act Reading Quiz 6Act Reading Quiz 7Act Reading Quiz 8Act Reading Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books