Reading

The main subject of the passage is

• what the results of an experiment revealed

• what can be done to correct a poor sense of scale

• how researchers can gather data from works of art

• how children learn to draw

It can be inferred that, during the research project, the children drew

• pictures of men from different angles

• figures without facial expression

• sketches of both men and women

• only the front view of men

The word "they" in line 6 refers to

• researchers

• men

• illustrations

• children

The word "markedly" in line 7 is closest in meaning to

• modestly

• noticeable

• merely

• newly

The findings of the experiment described in the passage would probably be of LEAST interest to which of the following groups?

• Teachers of art to children

• Commercial artists

• Experts in child development

• parents of young children

The word "odd" in line 10 is closest in meaning to

• unusual

• huge

• average

• expected

The word "scale" in line 12 is closest in meaning to

• measurement

• proportion

• balance

• property

The passage provides information to support which of the following conclusions?

• Children under the age of seven do not generally have a good sense of scale.

• With training, young children can be taught to avoid disproportion in their art.

• Children enlarge the size of the head because they sense that it is the most important part of the body.

• Children plan ahead when they are drawing pictures.