ACT Reading Prep

How many sections are there in the reading test?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

True or False. You will need to be able to analyze the structure of a passage.

• True

• False

After each passage you will find ___ questions.

• 10
• 5
• 15
• 20

A question that starts with "The primary purpose of the passage is to..." is what type of question?

• detail of one or more paragraphs

• main idea/central idea of the ENTIRE passage

• development of the passage

• inference questions

After the directions, what is the first thing you read on each reading passage?

• the passages
• the questions

• the pre-passage blurb

• the introductory notes

How many minutes will you have to take the reading test?

• 25

• 35

• 45

• 55

Skip the

• hardest questions and go back when finished.

• humanities section.

• easiest questions because they will be quicker to make up time in the end.

• prose fiction section because it is the hardest.

Which of the following should NOT be considered "important" as you skim a fictional text?

• vocabulary

• the setting: time/season/location

• character(s): who and what their conflict might be

The part circled in yellow is the________?

• Title of the passage

• paragraph 1 of the passage

• the directions

• the pre-passage blurb

Answer the

• easier questions first-the ones with line or paragraph numbers

• harder questions first

• easier questions last

• natural science questions first