This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Reading – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Reading Quiz 61 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. There were evidences of "improvement" ..... a few acres of ground immediately about the house had once been cleared of its trees, the decayed stumps of which were half concealed by the new growth that had been suffered to repair the ravage wrought by the ax. As used in this paragraph, the word suffered most nearly means ..... A) Endured. B) Allowed. C) Instructed. D) Agonized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allowed. 2. What does the word 'accord' most nearly mean? A) Agreement. B) Disagreement. C) Conflict. D) Negotiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agreement. 3. Which of the following provides the best paraphrase oflines 7-11? A) Annual plants survive in deserts by making seedsswiftly when conditions are right. B) Annual plants in deserts make seeds during dryconditions so the seeds will be ready when rainarrives. C) Dry conditions require the seeds of desert plants tostart germination prior to the arrival of rain. D) The seeds of annual plants in deserts are designedto wait years for the right conditions for growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Annual plants survive in deserts by making seedsswiftly when conditions are right. 4. You must read every word A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Which of the following types of ACT Reading passages usually consists of excerpts from fiction or literary memoirs? A) Prose/Literary Narrative. B) Social Science. C) Humanities. D) Natural Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prose/Literary Narrative. 6. What lesson do Pelayo and Elisenda learn by the end of the story? A) The importance of kindness and compassion. B) The value of hard work and perseverance. C) The unpredictability of life and the supernatural. D) The dangers of greed and exploitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dangers of greed and exploitation. 7. Besides plot shifts (like 'Suddenly ..... '), what is a critical 'E' (Event) to mark? A) A character's internal decision (like 'she decided '). B) A character's internal emotion (like 'she felt nervous '). C) A conflict between two characters. D) The author's use of a 'gloomy' word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A character's internal decision (like 'she decided '). 8. What does the speaker suggest doing with broad passage questions? A) Spend extra time on them. B) Answer them first. C) Skip and save them for last. D) Guess and move on. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skip and save them for last. 9. The author implies that she had to "sensitize editors" (line 48) because those editors: A) Dis not understand that many Asian Americans were already reading her work. B) Gave superficial praise to her work, but would not publish her novels. C) Were overtly discriminatory when it came to non-Western writers. D) Tended to view the people she wrote about as one-dimensional. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tended to view the people she wrote about as one-dimensional. 10. The idea that Jake's mother is trying her best to take careof her son is least supported by which of the followingquotations from the passage? A) "It's just that I work back-to-back jobs every nightand barely make it home in time to get him out ofbed and dressed before camp starts in the morning.". B) "Katherine, Maxwell needs to have a healthylunch.". C) "Things are just a little hard for us right now.". D) "I'll make sure it doesn't happen any more.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Katherine, Maxwell needs to have a healthylunch.". 11. Which one the following word is the signal word of effect? A) Since. B) As. C) Due to. D) So. E) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So. 12. In lines 57-58 the statement "The voice of the cello doesn't lie" mostly means: A) That she can tell something is wrong because of the music he plays. B) The cello is telling her what is bothering him. C) He is using music to communicate his love for her. D) He is playing the cello in order to demonstrate its power to deliver a message to her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That she can tell something is wrong because of the music he plays. 13. Eminent (adjective) A) Famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession. B) Sluggish and apathetic. C) Be without or deficient in. D) The ability to understand something immediately, a 'gut feeling'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession. 14. What type of questions require you to draw conclusions based on the information provided? A) Inference questions. B) Fact-based questions. C) Opinion questions. D) Literal questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference questions. 15. When the author says that "austere blues and greens of the film's cinematography blend with Nyman's round melodies" (lines 59-61), he most likely means that the film: A) Presents a conflicting viewpoint to the audience. B) Tempers its severe elements with appeals to human emotion. C) Juxtaposes ugliness with whimsy. D) Is really a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the progress of science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tempers its severe elements with appeals to human emotion. 16. The main purpose of ..... is getting to know the internal world of the character and what her character is like in the literary narrative passage A) Reading questions first. B) Taking 6 minutes to read the passage. C) The F.E.A.T. method. D) The rhetorical map. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The F.E.A.T. method. 17. What unique strategy does the speaker claim to have created for the ACT reading test? A) Question first approach. B) Read then label. C) Skim and scan. D) Label then read. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Label then read. 18. What type of question asks you to figure out the meaning if a word by the way it is used in a text? A) Inference. B) Detail. C) Vocabulary. D) Main idea. E) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vocabulary. 19. What is the difference between fact and opinion in reading comprehension? A) A fact can be proven true or false, while an opinion is a personal belief. B) A fact is always subjective, while an opinion is objective. C) A fact is an unchangeable truth, while an opinion is a universally accepted idea. D) A fact is a statement that cannot be verified, while an opinion is a statement that can be proven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fact can be proven true or false, while an opinion is a personal belief. 20. What is a key sign of a 'Now' question? A) Asks for theme. B) Line numbers given. C) Needs inference. D) Requires comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line numbers given. 21. You may reasonably infer from the details in the passagethat Katherine and Max: A) Dislike Jake. B) Are very wealthy. C) Do not trust other people. D) Have little money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have little money. 22. Which of the following is the best advice for making the most efficient use of time? A) Preview, begin with comfortable and leave time for difficult. B) Work on the most difficult passage first to get it over with. C) Infer the meaning of unknown vocabulary so you don't have to re-read. D) Read passages multiple times to answer questions quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preview, begin with comfortable and leave time for difficult. 23. The reading test has A) 4 passages. B) 5 passages. C) 3 passages. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4 passages. 24. "Scientists determine an eel's age using a microscope to read the growth rings of its otolith ..... a small, hard calcium deposit at the base of its skull." As it is used in line 45, the word read most nearly means to: A) Learn from print. B) Observe. C) Think about. D) Predict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observe. 25. There are ..... multiple choice questions on the Reading section of the ACT. A) 30. B) 50. C) 35. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 40. ← 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