Reading Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Read the passage: “At dawn, Lina found one hen missing. The coop gate was still latched, but a narrow gap lay beneath the fence. Fresh fox tracks ran from the woods to the gap and back.” Which detail most strongly supports the idea that a fox visited the coop overnight?
Lina checked the coop at dawn.
Fresh fox tracks led to the fence gap and returned toward the woods.
The coop gate remained latched.
One hen was missing from the coop.
2. Mina’s bus was due at 8:00. At 8:03, the road was still empty, and she checked the transit app before sighing. What is most reasonably implied?
Mina arrived at the stop after her bus departed.
The transit app caused Mina to miss the bus.
The bus had not arrived at its scheduled time.
Mina had decided to walk instead of taking the bus.
3. Read the notice: “Beginning Monday, the library will open at 10 a.m. instead of 9 a.m. on weekdays so staff can complete morning training. Weekend hours will remain unchanged.” What is the main point?
Weekend opening hours will move from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
The library will close for staff training every Monday.
The library will open one hour later on weekdays because of staff training.
The library is adding an extra hour to its weekday schedule.
4. Read the passage: “Heavy rain sends water rushing from roofs and pavement into city drains. Rain gardens offer one response: their soil and plants slow the flow and absorb part of the water.” Which text structure is used most clearly?
Claim and counterclaim
Chronological biography
Problem and solution
Question and answer
5. Read the notice: “Place rinsed cans and bottles in the blue bin. Flatten cardboard before putting it in the green bin. Food scraps belong in neither bin.” What is the notice mainly intended to do?
Explain why food scraps damage cardboard
Compare the cost of different waste containers
Give instructions for sorting recyclable materials
Persuade residents to buy blue and green bins
6. Read the sentence: “Mara’s initial estimate was tentative, so she collected more measurements before presenting a final figure.” What does “tentative” most nearly mean here?
Carelessly calculated
Secretly recorded
More accurate than expected
Provisional and subject to change
7. A theater schedule states: “Friday, 7 p.m.—The Long Road; Saturday, 2 p.m.—River Song; Saturday, 7 p.m.—The Long Road.” Which statement is a verifiable fact rather than an opinion?
The Long Road is scheduled for two performances.
River Song is the most entertaining production.
The Saturday afternoon time is more convenient.
Friday is the best night to attend the theater.
8. Amir says, “Bike lanes work best when they are separated from moving cars.” Jo says, “Painted lanes often disappear at busy intersections; protected barriers would make those points safer.” On which idea do they most clearly agree?
Greater separation from cars can improve cyclist safety.
Bike lanes are useful only on quiet streets.
Painted lanes should replace barriers at intersections.
All moving cars should be removed from city centers.
9. Read the passage: “School uniforms can simplify morning decisions, but strict rules may prevent students from dressing for changing weather or cultural needs. Schools should keep basic guidelines while allowing reasonable flexibility.” What is the author’s primary purpose?
To explain how school uniforms are manufactured
To persuade schools to make uniform policies more flexible
To prove that all clothing guidelines should be removed
To entertain readers with a story about school clothing
10. A gardener claims that shade cloth helps lettuce withstand extreme heat. Two identical garden beds receive equal water, but only one is covered with shade cloth. Which result would provide the strongest evidence for the claim?
During the heat, the covered lettuce wilts less and produces more usable leaves.
The uncovered bed receives slightly more wind during the trial.
Both beds contain the same number of lettuce plants at the start.
The shade cloth is a lighter color than the garden fence.
11. Read the sentence: “Because the ceramic bowl was fragile, Nora moved it away from the counter’s edge before opening the cardboard box.” What does “it” refer to?
The cardboard box
The counter
The edge
The ceramic bowl
12. A recipe says: “Whisk the oil and lemon juice. Add the herbs. Pour the mixture over the beans, then chill the salad for 20 minutes.” What should happen immediately before the salad is chilled?
The oil and lemon juice should be whisked.
The mixture should be poured over the beans.
The herbs should be added to the oil.
The beans should be chilled without the mixture.
13. Seedlings beside a window leaned toward the glass, while seedlings on a shelf beneath an overhead lamp grew upright. Which inference is best supported?
Window glass prevents seedlings from growing vertically.
The direction of a light source can affect the direction of plant growth.
Seedlings grow faster in natural light than beneath lamps.
The shelf seedlings received no light from the window.
14. Read the passage: “Eli rehearsed an apology all the way to Sam’s house. When the door opened, his prepared words vanished. He silently held out the kite he had spent all evening repairing.” What is most strongly implied about Eli?
He wants Sam to teach him how to repair kites.
He believes an apology is no longer necessary.
He repaired the kite because Sam paid him to do it.
He regrets what happened and is trying to make amends.
15. Read the passage: “Residents turned a vacant lot into a garden. Volunteers now grow vegetables there, donate part of each harvest to a food pantry, and hold weekend workshops for new gardeners.” Which option is the best summary?
Residents attend weekend workshops because vegetables are difficult to grow.
Volunteers grow vegetables mainly to sell them at weekend events.
A food pantry purchased a vacant lot to expand its storage space.
A community garden transforms an unused lot while providing food and education.
16. Read the sentence: “At last, the stubborn old engine coughed awake, and Ben patted the dashboard as if congratulating a tired teammate.” Which description best captures the tone?
Relieved and lightly amused
Bitter and accusing
Alarmed and urgent
Formal and detached