This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Reading – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Reading Quiz 39 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a question begins with "what can you conclude ..... " Its really asking you to: A) Summarize. B) Infer. C) Identify theme. D) Find main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infer. 2. Which passage would not include a thesis? A) Fiction. B) Social Science. C) Humanities. D) Natural Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiction. 3. Respond to this question from your test booklet (21) A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 4. What can be inferred about the protagonist's feelings towards the sea? A) The protagonist is indifferent to the sea. B) The protagonist is fearful of the sea. C) The protagonist is fascinated by the sea. D) The protagonist is angry at the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The protagonist is fascinated by the sea. 5. What event in the story most enables the reader to infer that the angel can bring about miracles? A) A great storm brings water and crabs into Pelayo and Elisenda's home. B) The angel returns the spider woman to her original form. C) People from all over are willing to pay to see him. D) Soon after the angel arrives, the baby who is very sick with fever suddenly recovers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soon after the angel arrives, the baby who is very sick with fever suddenly recovers. 6. What is the significance of understanding tone in a passage? A) Tone helps to interpret the author's attitude and intent. B) Tone is irrelevant to the meaning of the passage. C) Tone only affects the length of the passage. D) Tone is the same as the main idea of the passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone helps to interpret the author's attitude and intent. 7. The author implies that Kahlo is famous primarily because of her. A) Exceptionally liberal paintings. B) Dramatic life full of intrigue and suffering. C) Marriage to Diego Rivera. D) Being one of the first female artists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic life full of intrigue and suffering. 8. What word fits the following Definition?Taking advantage of opportunities as theyarise in person A) Opportunistic. B) Epietomized. C) Epitomized. D) Oportunistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opportunistic. 9. Contour (noun) A) An outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something. B) A direct or natural consequence or result. C) Make or become less. D) Decrease in size, number, or range. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something. 10. What are the subtopics covered in the ACT Reading Practice Test? A) Mathematics. B) Foreign languages. C) Physical education. D) The subtopics covered in the ACT Reading Practice Test include prose fiction, humanities, social studies, and natural sciences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The subtopics covered in the ACT Reading Practice Test include prose fiction, humanities, social studies, and natural sciences. 11. Which of the following events mentioned in the passage occurred first chronologically? A) F. An Archaeopteryx fossil was discovered in Solnhofen. B) G. The Archaeopteryx fossil known as the Berlin specimen was discovered. C) H. Darwin's book The Origin of Species was published. D) J. Owen became the first director of the Natural History Museum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. Darwin's book The Origin of Species was published. 12. The author calls which of the following an anomaly? A) F. The daily weather of the Little Ice Age. B) G. Today's prolonged warming. C) H. The climatic seesaw of the last hundred years. D) J. Little Ice Age corn yields. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G. Today's prolonged warming. 13. The author uses the metaphor of a 'stormy sea' to represent: A) The protagonist's internal conflict. B) The weather conditions. C) The antagonist's personality. D) The setting of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The protagonist's internal conflict. 14. As it is used in line 58, the word humor most nearly means: A) Personality. B) Whim. C) Mood. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 15. What should you be careful not to select in the answer choices? A) An answer that corrects one error but causes another. B) An answer that is too long. C) An answer that is too short. D) An answer that is in a different font. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An answer that corrects one error but causes another. 16. It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that the crew most likely did not play dominoes because: A) They were simply too tired. B) They did not get along well enough to play a game together. C) The Director would not have approved of game-playing. D) The sea was too rough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were simply too tired. 17. Thirty-seven A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 18. Which of the following actions referred to in the pas-sage most clearly characterizes a hypothetical eventrather than an actual event? A) "Traveled to" (line 17). B) "Defend" (line 18). C) "Farmed" (line 72). D) "Stand next to" (line 83). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Stand next to" (line 83). 19. Looking over all parts of something carefully to detect some feature; the process of looking back to the passage to find a specific fact or detail. A) Scanning. B) Personifying. C) Comparing. D) Narrating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scanning. 20. Which of the following question stems would you most likely find in a Main Idea question? A) "Who did the author mention in line 10?". B) "Which of the following is the main point of the passage?". C) "What does the word 'engendered' most nearly mean?". D) "Which event happened first?". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Which of the following is the main point of the passage?". 21. Which type of question asks you to identify the author's tone in a passage? A) Detail question. B) Inference question. C) Main idea question. D) Tone question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone question. 22. How many passages are included in the ACT Reading test? A) Three. B) Four. C) Five. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four. 23. Which element requires understanding the purpose and focus of a piece of writing? A) Knowledge of Language. B) Conventions of Standard English. C) Production of Writing. D) Sentence Structure and Formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Production of Writing. 24. Which of the following could be the beginning of a LATER question? A) In line 53, the character was most likely motivated by . B) The author's purpose in writing this passage is . C) It can be reasonably inferred that . D) Which argument is supported by . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author's purpose in writing this passage is . 25. Which of the following is a question type you might see in the reading section? A) Main idea. B) Compare and contrast. C) Author's opinion. D) Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main idea. 26. Which of the following is NOT a type of passage found on the ACT Reading test? A) Literary Narrative. B) Social Science. C) Historical Fiction. D) Natural Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical Fiction. 27. As it is used in line 17, the word circumscribed means: A) Technical. B) Limited. C) Entertaining. D) Serious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limited. 28. The author refers to computers of the past as "passive appliances" (line 40) because: A) They were indispensable tools for everyday life. B) They were incapable of complex tasks. C) They remained in one location. D) People only used them occasionally for specific tasks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People only used them occasionally for specific tasks. 29. What is the main purpose of the ACT Reading test? A) To assess mathematical skills. B) To evaluate reading comprehension. C) To test scientific knowledge. D) To measure writing ability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To evaluate reading comprehension. 30. About how long do you have per reading passage if you are reading all 4 sections? A) 5 minutes. B) 8 minutes. C) 10 minutes. D) Unlimited time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8 minutes. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct Reading Quiz 1Act Reading Quiz 2Act Reading Quiz 3Act Reading Quiz 4Act Reading Quiz 5Act Reading Quiz 6Act Reading Quiz 7Act Reading Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books