This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Reading – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Reading Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is an example of a probability adverb? A) Could. B) Probably. C) Usually. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Probably. 2. Which of the following is NOT a trap the ACT might throw at you in the reading section? A) Presenting familiar words in unfamiliar ways. B) Using language in item stem that is different from how it is used in passage. C) Using passages that require you to have some prior knowledge. D) Having answers choices that are in passage but do not answer question asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using passages that require you to have some prior knowledge. 3. The ACT is scored by the amount of correct answers. If you are about to run out of time you should ..... A) Make sure each question has an answer, even if its a guess. B) Leave all unknown answers blank. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make sure each question has an answer, even if its a guess. 4. It is implied throughout the entire passage that the author believes: A) The main job of human beings should be to protect the world in which they live. B) Human beings have no capacity for compassion when it comes to nature. C) Nature is not just a part of the world, but rather nature is the world. D) Living in harmony with nature should be every living being's first priority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main job of human beings should be to protect the world in which they live. 5. Which of the following are explanations given by the narrator as to why the Lawyer used the ship's only cushion? I. He was very old. II. He would not allow anyone else to use it. III. He was greatly respected by the ship's crew A) I and II only. B) I only. C) I and III only. D) II only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I and III only. 6. This type of appeal uses the law, morality, faith, and our sense of right and wrong. It often uses a person's character to make arguments. A) Logical appeal. B) Ethical appeal. C) Emotional appeal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethical appeal. 7. To conclude from evidence and reasoning rather than explicit statements A) Redundant. B) Evolve. C) Infer. D) Reflect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infer. 8. In the Prose Fiction Passage, almost all the questions relate to the ..... A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Action. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characters. 9. Consider the following question:In which chronological order did the following events occur? This question most likely falls under which category? A) Key Main Ideas and Details. B) Sequencing. C) Comparing Relationships. D) Author's Approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sequencing. 10. Mark answer to #10 here A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 11. According to the passage, one of the woman's worries about her present situation is that she: A) Will begin to dream too much. B) Suspects the narrator will desert her. C) Will watch her dreams become nightmares. D) Stands out as different from others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stands out as different from others. 12. What is the tone of the story? A) Optimistic and hopeful. B) Dark and foreboding. C) Ironic and detached. D) Joyful and celebratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ironic and detached. 13. In order to do well on the Reading section, what should you do? A) Go through the passages as quickly as possible. B) Use prior knowledge to help you understand the questions. C) Read more. D) Spend as long as you need to on each passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read more. 14. What strategies can help when answering questions about a passage? A) Refer back to the text, eliminate clearly wrong answers, and look for keywords. B) Guess the answer based on intuition. C) Choose the first answer that seems correct. D) Ignore the passage and rely on prior knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refer back to the text, eliminate clearly wrong answers, and look for keywords. 15. What should you focus on when reading ACT passages? A) The length of the passage. B) The number of paragraphs. C) The author's biography. D) The main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The main idea. 16. This type of reading passage will be based on anatomy, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, geology, medicine, meteorology, microbiology, zoology, or physics? A) Prose fiction. B) Natural Science. C) Social Studies. D) Humanities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural Science. 17. How many of the speaker's students achieved a perfect 36 on the ACT reading in 2022? A) 5 students. B) 10 students. C) 13 students. D) 20 students. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13 students. 18. What does it mean to analyze the text structure of a passage? A) To summarize the passage in one's own words. B) To identify the order and organization of ideas in the text. C) To list all the characters in a story. D) To find all the difficult words in the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To identify the order and organization of ideas in the text. 19. How do guests and staff stay warm at the lodge? A) Electric heaters. B) Wood-burning stoves. C) Heavy woolen blankets and a central fireplace. D) Portable heaters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heavy woolen blankets and a central fireplace. 20. This is a work of ..... A) Nonfiction. B) Fiction. C) Poetry. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonfiction. 21. When a text uses a chronological structure, what is it primarily trying to convey? A) The importance of timing in understanding events. B) The cause and effect relationship between events. C) A comparison and contrast of different events. D) The sequence of events over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sequence of events over time. 22. What is the effect of reading regularly on vocabulary? A) It confuses vocabulary. B) It decreases vocabulary. C) It has no effect on vocabulary. D) It improves vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It improves vocabulary. 23. The word issue, as it is used in line 30, most nearlymeans: A) Incident. B) Idea. C) Problem. D) Publication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Problem. 24. Facilitate (verb) A) Make an action or process easy or easier. B) About to happen. C) The ability to understand something immediately, a 'gut feeling'. D) Sluggish and apathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make an action or process easy or easier. 25. What is a "hinge word" according to the slides? A) A vocabulary word you must memorize. B) A term used only in math passages. C) A synonym for "main idea". D) A word that signals a shift in thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A word that signals a shift in thought. 26. What is the minimum score you can get on the ACT? A) 22. B) 23. C) 20. D) 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 21. 27. What analogy does the speaker use to describe finding answers in the ACT reading test? A) Like solving a complex puzzle. B) Like deciphering a code. C) Like finding a needle in a haystack. D) Like a 'Where's Waldo' search. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Like a 'Where's Waldo' search. 28. How many correct answers are there per question in ACT Reading? A) Two. B) One. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One. 29. How many passages are in the Reading portion of the ACT? A) 6. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 30. How can students prepare for the ACT Reading Practice Test? A) By practicing with sample passages, improving reading speed and comprehension, and familiarizing themselves with different question types. B) By avoiding reading any practice material. C) By taking the test without any preparation. D) By memorizing the answers to specific passages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By practicing with sample passages, improving reading speed and comprehension, and familiarizing themselves with different question types. 31. It can be reasonably inferred that justin's date: A) Managed to control her own skittishness before Justin left. B) Came back out and kissed him out of pity. C) Ran away from the car due to Justin's poor kissing ability. D) Kissed him so that he did not spread rumors about her at school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Managed to control her own skittishness before Justin left. 32. In Social Science and Natural Science passages, you will find more: A) Reference questions. B) Grammar questions. C) Reasoning questions. D) Essay prompts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reference questions. 33. The passage directly compares the Milky Way's disk as it is affected by its warp to: A) A thin-crust pizza balanced on top of a plum. B) Two figure skaters coming together for a combination spin. C) A pasta maker churning out spaghetti. D) Pizza dough being spun in the air by a chef. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pizza dough being spun in the air by a chef. 34. Evelyn wrote a sentence in her essay that Scarlett and Mia found ambiguous. If a sentence is ambiguous, what does it mean? A) It is open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning. B) It causes consternation and distress, typically that caused by something unexpected. C) It shows concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. D) It means something bad is happening to someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning. 35. Respond to this question from your test booklet:(27) A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 36. What is a common mistake students make on the ACT Reading Test? A) Reading the passage too quickly. B) Spending too much time on one question. C) Skipping all questions. D) Ignoring the instructions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spending too much time on one question. 37. What do paragraphs 5 and 6 show about Clara A) Clara is active and adventurous. B) Clara is obedient and intelligent. C) Clara is quiet and cooperative. D) Clara is creative and serious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clara is active and adventurous. 38. Which passage do our students usually do VERY WELL on and you should NOT skip? A) Science. B) World history. C) Prose Fiction. D) Humanities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prose Fiction. 39. How much time do you have on the science test? A) 35 minutes. B) 30 minutes. C) 40 minutes. D) 5 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 35 minutes. 40. Some 70 years ago, the owner of Rum Island granted botanist John Heslop Harrison, a university professor and member of Britain's prestigious Royal Society, permission to study its plant life. John help Harrison was all of the following except ..... A) A biologist. B) A university professor. C) A botanist. D) A member of the Royal Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A biologist. 41. According to the passage, which of the followingactions did people in the Negev Desert take in order tofarm there? A) Constructing aqueducts. B) Widening gullies. C) Constructing terraces. D) Plowing the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constructing terraces. 42. Which of the following practices student avoid while taking the ACT reading test? A) Completing the passage out of order. B) Relying on outside knowledge or information to choose an answer. C) Pacing oneself and paying attention to time. D) Reading the passage headers (information at the beginning). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relying on outside knowledge or information to choose an answer. 43. Choose the following question type that best describes the example below:"As it is used in line 42, the word howled most nearly means ..... '' A) Big Picture Questions. B) Little Picture/Detail Questions. C) Vocabulary in Context Questions. D) Development and Function Questions. E) Inference Questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vocabulary in Context Questions. 44. When guessing the answers on the ACT, you should ..... A) Spend all of your time on the questions you don't know. B) Chose the more formal answer. C) Chose the answer that contains foreign words. D) Chose the first answer listed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chose the more formal answer. 45. This is a reading strategy wherein you look for the specific information. This involves physically moving your eyes quickly along the lines of the text. A) Scanning. B) Skimming. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scanning. 46. The passage makes it clear that the "Sandwich Club" : A) Was Max's favorite part of camp. B) Lasted as long as Max was a camper. C) Met only when it rained. D) Was an insult to Katherine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lasted as long as Max was a camper. 47. This approach uses Focuses on the writer's experiences, feelings, and opinions to convince you to think or act in a certain way. A) Subjective approach. B) Objective approach. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Objective approach. 48. What is a common myth about reading passages? A) You should read the passage first. B) You should read the questions first. C) You should memorize the passage. D) You should skip the passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You should read the questions first. 49. The author compares nature to: A) A feather for fashion wear. B) Fine jewelry. C) Fine art. D) A great battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fine art. 50. It can reasonably be inferred that Tetsuya has no arrows, because: A) He hasn't used his bow in a long time. B) He used them all up in recent practice. C) He has had no time to make them in his carpentry shop. D) He is too poor to afford them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He hasn't used his bow in a long time. 51. According to the second paragraph (lines 21-33), what is the major difference between jazz and the blues? A) Whether they had any foreign influence. B) The longevity they have had in America. C) The consistency of their styles over time. D) Their popularity in modern-day society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The consistency of their styles over time. 52. We can infer from the passage that which of the following would NOT need to be relatively consistent across songs characterized as blues? A) Musical scales used. B) Musical instruments utilized. C) Combination of dissonance in the tonality. D) Lyrical Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Musical instruments utilized. 53. What role does practice play in preparing for the ACT reading section? A) Practice helps familiarize students with the question types and improves reading speed and comprehension. B) Practice is not necessary for the ACT reading section. C) Practice only helps with vocabulary, not comprehension. D) Practice is only useful for the math section of the ACT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Practice helps familiarize students with the question types and improves reading speed and comprehension. 54. People who are traders around the cocoa ring are from different walks of life. Most of them are connected with the cocoa business. Some are cocoa brokers. Some represent chocolates manufacturers. The best topic is: A) People Dealing with the Cocoa Business. B) Connections of the Cocoa Business. C) Cocoa Market. D) Cocoa:the sweet Business. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People Dealing with the Cocoa Business. 55. The narrator of Passage A most nearly suggests that her family is angry and annoyed with her for clanking her fork on her plate because the noise: A) Disrupts the family's observance of a momentous event. B) Causes the family to worry about the outcome of Armstrong's endeavor. C) Drowns out the sound from the television. D) Demonstrates that the narrator has not been watching the broadcast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disrupts the family's observance of a momentous event. 56. Why did many people oppose the Patriot Act? A) It violated several amendments in our the Bill of Rights. B) It gave the terrorists legitimacy because we began to negotiate with them. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It violated several amendments in our the Bill of Rights. 57. Which of the following is a strategy for answering reading comprehension questions effectively? A) Memorizing the passage. B) Ignoring the questions. C) Reading the questions first. D) Skimming the passage quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reading the questions first. 58. Lucy was furious about her spelling grade. She kicked her desk and ran out of the classroom.What does furious mean? A) Very quiet. B) Very upset. C) Very loud. D) Very surprised. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very upset. 59. About how many minutes should you spend on each passage of the ACT Reading exam? A) 15. B) 3. C) 9. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9. 60. How does identifying the genre of a text help the reader? A) It allows the reader to predict the text's ending accurately. B) It helps the reader to understand the text's structure and themes. C) It makes it easier for the reader to write a summary of the text. D) It enables the reader to ignore unimportant details. 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