Reading Test Prep Review

When you see directions before a passage or question, you should... (select all that apply)

• Read them

• Listen to them

• Think about them

• All of the above

You should read passages ________ and ____________.

• carefully and purposefully

• quickly and quietly

• last and only sometimes

You should read and look back at the passage _______. Reading comprehension tests are not memorization tests.

• once

• often

• twice

You should ____________ answers you know are wrong.

• choose

• find

• eliminate

• correct

You should go back to the passage and find evidence that ______________ your answer.

• supports

• contradicts

• is

• is not

Before answering questions, I should highlight clues and keywords in the question/answer choices?

• Yes, because it will help lead me to the right answer.

• No, because it's a waste of time.

For multiple choice questions, I should _________________________. 

• choose the first answer that sounds right to me

• read all the answer choices before picking one

• say "eeny  meeny miney moe" to pick an answer

• ask my friend to help me

Which type of punctuation should you use when quoting directly from a passage?

• exclamation point !

• parentheses (  )

• colon :

• quotation marks "  "

What part of the passages should you read closely?

• Just the paragraph the question asks about.

• None of it.

• All of it.

• Just skim it.

What word means to "read between the lines" or "finding the hidden meaning"?

• Predict

• Trace

• Infer

• Compare