In order to assess how much of the reading passages you understand, the questions will usually paraphrase (use different words with the same meaning) the words that are in the text. The questions test a variety of reading skills including your ability to do the following.

Identify the writer’s overall purpose.
Follow key arguments in a text.
Identify opinions and attitudes.
Locate specific information.
Distinguish main ideas from supporting details.
Extract information from a text to complete a diagram, summary, table
or set of notes.

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