PSAT READING

The car was ____ and new.

• shiny
• speed
• beautifully 

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

My___ sister is afraid to fly in a plane.

• older
• smartly
• scare

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

I burned my hand on the _____ iron.

• hot
• hotly
• heat

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Gina can run ___ than everyone on the team.

• fast
• faster

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

The comparative of hot is

• hot
• hotter
• hottest

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

The superlative form of pretty is

• pretty
• prettiest
• prettier

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

The superlative form of pretty is

• pretty
• prettiest
• prettier

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CCSS.L.9-10.4B

^{The writer is considering deleting the final paragraph. Should the paragraph be kept or deleted?
Before this attempted escape, many French people had been open with the idea of creating a constitutional monarchy, which would allow Louis toretain the throne but seriously limit his power. However, this perceived betrayal destroyed whatever credibility the king still had. Moreover, the Legislative Assembly suspended the king’s powers in favor of the creation of a republic. In December of 1792, the royal family was convicted of treason, and in January of 1793, the king was sent to the guillotine.}

• ^{Kept, because it provides insight about the views of the French people, thus offering an alternative interpretation of the events of the passage}
• ^{Kept, because it helps to place the episode in a broader historical context and provides information about its consequences} 
• ^{Deleted, because the events depicted in the final paragraph took place after the king’s flight to Varennes, which is the main focus of the passage} 
• ^{Deleted, because it brings up the previouslyunmentioned Legislative Assembly, which may be distracting for the reader}

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

^{Which choice most effectively establishes the main topic of the paragraph? Just before midnight, the coach arrived, and the men questioned its inhabitants. The queen said that she was the Baroness de Korff, and that she was on her way to Frankfurt, Germany. She said that she was in a hurry and hoped to be allowed to pass shortly. The soldiers took the family to the district attorney’s house for the night, where the king revealed his identity. The next day the family was forced back to Paris by the national guard, accompanied by hundreds of angry villagers.}

• ^{The royal family would not make it much farther on their journey before being forced back to the capital.} 
• ^{The royal family demonstrated an inability to understand the priorities and needs of the majority of their subjects.} 
• ^{The king overestimated the peasant farmers’ loyalty to the monarchy.} 
• ^{With her lavish wardrobe and jewels, the queen had alienated the peasants during their struggles with poor crops and perpetual hunger.} 

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

^{[1] The carriage was cramped as they drove through forests and past small towns. [2] In the small town of Sainte-Menehould, the postmaster was outside after dinner and saw the carriage driving by. [3] They traveled for about one hundred miles over the course of the day, only stopping occasionally so that the horses could rest. [4] He had seen the queen before and thought that he recognized her, and observed that the man next to her looked very much like the image of the king on the coins in his pocket. [5] Suspicious for not wanting to cause a false alarm, he did not say anything to the coachmen. [6] However, he quickly took a back road with the intention of beating the coach and surpassing it before it got to the next town, Varennes. [7] He succeeded, and there he told men at a local inn that he thought the king would be arriving soon and that something strange was going on. [8] They blocked off the bridge on the other side of town so that it would not be able to proceed, gathered some men from the national guard, and awaited the king’s arrival.}

• NO CHANGE
• nor
• but
• so

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CCSS.L.9-10.1