This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Reading – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Reading Quiz 42 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In line 74, the word "fixed" most nearly means: A) Established. B) Repaired. C) Supplied. D) Prearranged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Established. 2. The reading section is ..... questions long. A) 60. B) 75. C) 40. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 3. The Social Science passage on the ACT Reading test often deals with topics from which of the following fields? A) Biology and Chemistry. B) Anthropology and Psychology. C) Literature and Art. D) Physics and Astronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anthropology and Psychology. 4. The first three paragraphs (lines 1-21) establish all of the following about the narrator EXCEPT that she is: A) Passing through a number of towns. B) Originally from Chicago. C) Traveling by train. D) Observant of the landscape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Originally from Chicago. 5. Which of the following words is most nearly given anegative connotation in the passage? A) Educational (line 1). B) Old (line 10). C) Romanticized (line 28). D) Traditional (line 34). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romanticized (line 28). 6. The passage devotes the LEAST attention to which of the following topics? A) The musical structure and characteristics that typify much reggaeton music. B) The specific lyrics of reggaeton songs that some parents and critics find objectionable. C) The areas in the United States in which reggaeton initially rose to prominence. D) The historical roots of reggaeton and the various groups that helped to create it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The specific lyrics of reggaeton songs that some parents and critics find objectionable. 7. Which of the following is NOT listed in the passage as an element of the Little Ice Age? A) Heavy spring and early summer rains. B) Intensely cold winters and easterly winds. C) Droughts and light northeasterly winds. D) Mild winters and an unusually calm ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mild winters and an unusually calm ocean. 8. How many questions are on the Reading portion of the ACT Test? A) 30. B) 35. C) 40. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 9. Viewed in the context of the passage, the statement in lines 55-56 is most likely intended to suggest that: A) Schools should require students to take philosophy courses. B) Students can become passionate when learning about science in school. C) Schools need to keep searching for ways to tap into students' deeply held interests. D) Students should resolve to take school courses that interest them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schools need to keep searching for ways to tap into students' deeply held interests. 10. Reflective, wistful, distracted, nostalgicWhich word means "looking back to the past" ..... A) Reflective. B) Wistful. C) Distracted. D) Nostalgic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nostalgic. 11. What is the 'Pencil Trick'? A) Circle every word. B) Skim with pencil. C) Erase all notes. D) Write answers in pencil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skim with pencil. 12. What should you consider when deciding the order in which to read each passage? A) The length of each passage. B) Your own strengths and weaknesses. C) The number of questions for each passage. D) The time of day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your own strengths and weaknesses. 13. Mark answer to #6 here. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 14. A passage narrated in the first person from the point of view of a track athlete describing a meet would probably be found in which type of passage? A) Literary. B) Social Sciences. C) Humanities. D) Natural Sciences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary. 15. How does a flashback function in prose fiction? A) To confuse the reader. B) To provide background information. C) To introduce a new character. D) To change the story's setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide background information. 16. According to the passage, which of the following would be LEAST likely to be involved in a real-life lightsaber? A) Crystals. B) Batteries. C) Magnetic fields. D) An ionized gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crystals. 17. Adhere (verb) A) Show or represent. B) Formal and dignified; serious. C) Stick completely to a surface or substance* [or] believe in and follow the practices of. D) Anxious or fearful that something bad will happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stick completely to a surface or substance* [or] believe in and follow the practices of. 18. What is the total number of questions in the ACT Reading Test? A) 30. B) 35. C) 40. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 19. How many questions are on the reading test? A) 20. B) 30. C) 40. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 20. Hurtle (verb) A) Move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner. B) Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world. C) Severe suffering or deprivation. D) Be without or deficient in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner. 21. Thirty-four A) F. B) G. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. 22. ..... often contains a double passage. A) Social science. B) Humanities. C) Prose Fiction. D) Natural Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humanities. 23. How do paragraphs 1-4 support main idea? A) Describing how well Clara did at school. B) Showing how Clara's parents made decisions '. C) Showing Clara's behavior around other people. D) Providing details about Clara's cousins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Showing Clara's behavior around other people. 24. One of the main points in the third paragraph (lines 23-36) is that, under medieval Irish law: A) Bulls were important instruments of attaining political power. B) A king was defined as the local man who had the most cattle. C) Children had limited legal rights. D) Women had legal rights equal to men, but only under certain conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Women had legal rights equal to men, but only under certain conditions. 25. Identify the point of view of the excerpt from The Hunger Games:A pain stabs my left temple and I press my hand against it. Right on the spot where Johanna Mason hit me with the coil of wire. The memories swirl as I try to sort out what is true and what is false.$_{}$ A) Second Person. B) Third Person Omniscient. C) First person. D) Third Person Limited. 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