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Multiple-Choice Questions
Most of the questions in the Reading Section are multiple-choice questions. There are eight main types as shor,rm in the following chart. The chart also shows you in which lesson in The Guideyouwill find more information and practice for this question type.

Proboble
Type of question

Explanotion These ask you

Exomple

number per test Lesson

Z

Factual questions

to locate

(detail questions)

and identify specific information in the

passage.

According to the information in paragraph

to 10

wheredid...
According to the passage,

whydid...
Which of the following true, according to the
author? Negative factual questions
These ask which of the answer choices is not
is

true, according to information in the passage, or is not mentioned in the

passage.

According to the information in paragraph which of the following is NOT. . .

Thg author mentions all

1to4

of the following in the passage EXCEPT. . .

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Probable

number
Type of question

Explonation These ask You

Exomple

per in

test

lesson

Vocabulary questions

to identifY the meaning of a word or

phrase used in the
passa9e.

The word
passage is closest in

the

6 to 10

meaningto...'
From the information in it paragraPh that ' ' ' can be inferred

lnference questions

These ask You

to draw

3to6

conclusions based on

information in the
passage.

ln paragraPh -, the author suggests that. . .

-'

Questions about the author's purpose

These ask You whY the author uses a certain

Why does the author

2to

mention

--.---?

ln

word, detail, or examPle in a Passage.

paragraPh give WhY does the author detaits about

Questions about the author's

These ask You

to describe

methods

how the author exPlains or accomPlishes something in the Passage'

These ask You how the

How does the author Explain the concePt of

-?

2lo

What is the autho/s

1lo2

Questions about the author's

attitude

author feels about a certain issue, idea, or person that is mentioned in the Passage'

opinion of
Which of the following -? most accuratelY reflects the authorfs oPinion of
?

Sentence

Thesefsk which choice

best restates and summarizes the

Which of the following

sentences best exPresses the essential information

2lo

restatement/ simPlification questions

information in a sentence

from the Passage'

in the sentence below? (lncorrect answer choices omit imPortant information or change the meaning of the an original sentence in imPortant waY')
The word

Ir
I

Reference

questions

These ask what word Dronoun or other

---.-=-

in the
'

3to4

passage refers

to ' '

to' reference word refers

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Other Reading Questions

The last two questions in each set of questions have special directions.

Sentenc e Ad.d.ition Questions

The second-to-last question in each set of questions will generally be a sentence addition question. This type of question gives you a sentence that is notinthe passage and asks you to put it into the passage. Four black squares appear between sentences of the paragraph. You must click on one of these squares to put the new sentence into the correct place in the paragraph. There is more information and practice about sentence addition questions in Lesson 7.
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Complete-the- Summary and Compl.ete-the-Chart euestions

The last question in each set of questions will be either a complete-the-summary

or a complete-the-chart question. Complete-the-summary questions are worth two points and complete-the-chart questions are worth three or four points. (All the other questions in the Reading Section are worth only one point.) you can get partial credit if you answer some parts of these questions correctly. For complete-the-summary questions you are given six answer choices and you must choose three of these to create a summary of the passage. Incorrect choices are only minor ideas or they are not mentioned in the passage. For complete-the-chart questions, you are given a number of answer choices and you must put them in thdproper category in a chart. The answer choices will be some important characteristic or example, and the categories will be major concepts described in the passage. You have to decide which of the answer choices is related to which category and place it in the correct place in the chart. some of these questions have seven possible answers and five blanks in the chart. These are worth three points. Some questions have nine possible answers and seven blanks in the chart, and these are worth four points. There is more information and practice about complete-the-summary and complete-the-chart questions in Lessort B.
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