PSAT Reading Prep

The main purpose of the passage is to

• summarize the relationships between a main character and her family members

• discuss the differences between life in a small town and in a city.

• explain how a main character earned a family nickname

• describe a main character as she begins a new chapter in her life

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which choice best summarizes the first two paragraphs of the passage (lines 1-28)

• A character moves from her parents' village to the city, signaling her entrance into adulthood

• A busy mother and father send a character to be raised by her sister in Chicago

• Regretting her decision to leave, a character contemplates returning home from a big city

• Despite her parents' wishes, a character goes in search of a job in Chicago to support her family.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

It can be reasonably inferred that during the train ride Caroline becomes

• Increasingly focus on what life in Chicago will be like.

• more regretful about leaving her parents behind.

• less concerned about being able to find her sisters' address.

• decreasingly interested in visiting her hometown in the future.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

• Lines 9-11 ("Whatever...up")

• Lines 11-17 ("A gush...broken")

• Lines 21-22 ("Columbia...Chicago")

• Lines 25-28 ("She gazed...be")

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

As used in line 16, "threads" mostly means

• fibers

• connections

• memories

• strings

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

As used in line 31, "assumes" mostly means

• disguises

• ignores

• adopts

• supposes

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The passage indicates that Caroline is most strongly guided by her

• ignorance

• worldliness

• ambition

• bravery

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which choice best provides evidence for the answer to the previous question?

• Lines 7-9 ("She was...youth)

• Lines 25-28 ("She gazed...be")

• Lines 44-46 ("Self-interest...characteristic")

• Lines 48-51 ("possessed...emigrant")

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The author's discussion of popular films in the first paragraph primarily serves to

• illustrate early public perceptions of virtual reality.

• provide examples of art that accurately predicted future technological developments

• introduce the author's claim that movies were an important precursor to virtual reality.

• The suggests that digital technology has surpassed early attempts to simulate alternate realities

As used in line 15, "blurred" most nearly means

• biased

• dimmed

• hidden

• unclear

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4