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Info. About the Reading Test

Reading has a lot of significant benefits such as knowledge acquisition and mental stimulation. The Evidence-Based Reading Test measures a range of reading skills.

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What does it measure?



Info. About the Reading TestNew SAT version focuses on:

Command of Evidence• Find indication in a passage (or pair of passages) that fits the answer to a

previous question or serves as the basis for a realistic conclusion.• Identify how authors use evidence to support their claims.• Find a relationship between an informational graphic and the passage it’s

paired with.

Words in ContextMost questions focus on important and most commonly used words and phrases that you’ll find in different text or subjects. Some of them are words used while at college and your work place.

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Info. About the Reading TestNew SAT version focuses on your ability to:

• Use context clues in a passage to figure out which meaning of a word or phrase is being used.

• Decide how an author’s word choice shapes meaning, style, and tone.

Analysis in History/Social Studies and in ScienceThe Reading Test includes passages in the fields of history, social studies, and science. You’ll be asked questions that require you to draw on the reading skills needed most to succeed in those subjects. You might read about an experiment then see questions that ask you to:

• Examine hypotheses.• Interpret data.• Consider implications.

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Passage Practice

This is an excerpt from Richard Allen’s 1794 address To Those Who Keep Slaves, and Approve the Practice

The judicious part of mankind will think it unreasonable that a superior good conduct is looked for from our race, by those who stigmatise us as men, whose baseness is incurable, and may therefore be held in a state of servitude, that a merciful man would not doom a beast to; yet you try what you can to prevent our rising from a state of barbarism you represent us to be in, but we can tell you from a degree of experience that a black man, although reduced to the most abject state human nature is capable of, short of real madness, can think, reflect, and feel injuries, although it may not be with the same degree of keen resentment and revenge that you who have been and are our great oppressors would manifest if reduced to the pitiable condition of a slave.

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We believe if you would try the experiment of taking a few black children, and cultivate their minds with the same care, and let them have the same prospect in view as to living in the world, as you would wish for your own children, you would find upon the trial, they were not inferior in mental endowments.I do not wish to make you angry, but excite attention to consider how hateful slavery is in the sight of that God who hath destroyed kings and princes for their oppression of the poor slaves. Pharaoh and his princes with the posterity of king Saul, were destroyed by the protector and avenger of slaves. Would you not suppose the Israelites to be utterly unfit for freedom, and that it was impossible for them, to obtain to any degree of excellence? Their history shows how slavery had debased their spirits. Men must be willfully blind, and extremely partial, that cannot see the contrary effects of liberty and slavery upon the mind of man;

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I truly confess the vile habits often acquired in a state of servitude, are not easily thrown off; the example of the Israelites shows, who with all that Moses could do to reclaim them from it, still continued in their habits more or less; and why will you look for better from us, why will you look for grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? It is in our posterity enjoying the same privileges with your own, that you ought to look for better things.

The meek and humble Jesus, the great pattern of humanity, and every other virtue that can adorn and dignify men, hath commanded to love our enemies, to do good to them that hate and despitefully use us. I feel the obligations, I wish to impress them on the minds of our colored brethren, and that we may all forgive you, as we wish to be forgiven, we think it a great mercy to have all anger and bitterness removed from our minds; I appeal to your own feelings, if it is not very disquieting to feel yourselves under dominion of wrathful disposition.

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If you love your children, if you love your country, if you love the God of love, clear your hands from slaves, burthen not your children or your country with them, my heart has been sorry for the blood shed of the oppressors, as well as the oppressed, both appear guilty of each others blood, in the sight of him who hath said, he that sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed.

Will you, because you have reduced us to the unhappy condition our color is in, plead our incapacity for freedom, and our contented condition under oppression, as a sufficient cause for keeping us under the grievous yoke. I have shown the cause, — I will also show why they appear contented as they can in your sight, but the dreadful insurrections they have made when opportunity has offered, is enough to convince a reasonable man, that great uneasiness and not contentment, is the inhabitant of their hearts.

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God himself hath pleaded their cause, he hath from time to time raised up instruments for that purpose, sometimes mean and contemptible in your sight, at other times he hath used such as it hath pleased him, with whom you have not thought it beneath your dignity to contend. Many have need convinced of their error, condemned their former conduct, and become zealous advocates for the cause of those, whom you will not suffer to plead for themselves.

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1. Allan’s central claim is that:

A.) The oppressed have the right to hate their oppressorsB.) All men are the same regardless of raceC.) Race should not be an excuse to be punishedD.) Slavery should be abolished because religion condemns it

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1. Allan’s central claim is that:

A.) The oppressed have the right to hate their oppressorsB.) All men are the same regardless of raceC.) Race should not be an excuse to be punishedD.) Slavery should be abolished because religion condemns it

Several Biblical references point to this particular conclusion, such as Moses and the Israelites.



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2. In line 2 the word “baseness” most nearly means

A.) foundationB.) diseaseC.) darknessD.) magnanimity

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2. In line 2 the word “baseness” most nearly means

A.) foundationB.) diseaseC.) darknessD.) magnanimity

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3. The author uses the example of the Pharaoh in paragraph 3 to

A.) Underscore the relationship between Egyptian and American slaveryB.) Highlight the destructive quality of the slave tradeC.) Emphasize God’s disapproval of slavesD.) Establish the position of the Israelites as unfit for liberty




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3. The author uses the example of the Pharaoh in paragraph 3 to

A.) Underscore the relationship between Egyptian and American slaveryB.) Highlight the destructive quality of the slave tradeC.) Emphasize God’s disapproval of slavesD.) Establish the position of the Israelites as unfit for liberty

Remember, the main idea is that slavery is appalled in Christianity.



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4. As used in line 19, “debased” most nearly means

A.) degradedB.) debilitatedC.) deniedD.) convicted




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4. As used in line 19, “debased” most nearly means

A.) degradedB.) debilitatedC.) deniedD.) convicted

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5. Which choice best describes Allan’s attitude towards the future?

a.) He proclaims slave owners will search for metaphorical fruitb.) He feels his fellow men are obligated to forgive their oppressorsc.) He envisions that all men will know equalityd.) He believes slave owners will not allow their slaves to plead for their liberty




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5. Which choice best describes Allan’s attitude towards the future?

a.) He proclaims slave owners will search for metaphorical fruitb.) He feels his fellow men are obligated to forgive their oppressorsc.) He envisions that all men will know equalityd.) He believes slave owners will not allow their slaves to plead for their liberty

Remember to pay attention to the author’s tone. Allan believes that slavery will inherently end because it is wrong.



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6. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

A.) Lines 23-24 (“and… thistles”)B.) Lines 24-26 (“It… things.”)C.) Lines 29-31 (“I… minds.”)D.) Lines 47-49 (“Many… themselves.”)




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A.) Lines 23-24 (“and… thistles”)B.) Lines 24-26 (“It… things.”)C.) Lines 29-31 (“I… minds.”)D.) Lines 47-49 (“Many… themselves.”)

The answer in these questions directly helps with the answer to the previous question. Answer these together (:



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7. In lines 34-38 Allan implies that children

a.) Should be experimented on to determine their intelligenceb.) Can be molded to be the same given the right conditionsc.) Of all backgrounds have the same mental capacities d.) Deserve to attend school to receive an education




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7. In lines 10-14 Allan implies that children

a.) Should be experimented on to determine their intelligenceb.) Can be molded to be the same given the right conditionsc.) Of all backgrounds have the same mental capacities d.) Deserve to attend school to receive an education

Allan explicitly says that black children have the ability to learn equally if given the opportunity.




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8. Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from

A.) an admonition of slavery to an explanation of religious principlesB.) an explanation about equality to an argument about religion and slaveryC.) a personal anecdote about being a slave to a global conversation about slaveryD.) an inspiring debate to a call to action




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8. Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from

A.) an admonition of slavery to an explanation of religious principlesB.) an explanation about equality to an argument about religion and slaveryC.) a personal anecdote about being a slave to a global conversation about slaveryD.) an inspiring debate to a call to action

The main idea can be found explicitly in the first and last paragraphs!




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9. What main effect does the phrase “Will you, because you have” in line 39, have on the tone of the passage?

A.) It creates a desperate tone by asking the reader to plead on his behalfB.) It creates a serious tone by showing that the reader is a slave ownerC.) It provides a critical tone by calling attention to the role of the broad audience in condoning slavery D.) It darkens the tone by implying that the audience absolves slavery




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9. What main effect does the phrase “Will you, because you have” in line 39, have on the tone of the passage?

A.) It creates a desperate tone by asking the reader to plead on his behalfB.) It creates a serious tone by showing that the reader is a slave ownerC.) It provides a critical tone by calling attention to the role of the broad audience in condoning slavery D.) It darkens the tone by implying that the audience absolves slavery

The author is intentionally calling attention to the silent masses that allow slavery.




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10. Allan suggests that slaves

A.) should show compassion to slave ownersB.) should show their wrath to the deserving slave ownersC.) are equally at fault for shedding blood as are their oppressorsD.) are incapable of voicing their own grievances




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10. Allan suggests that slaves

A.) should show compassion to slave ownersB.) should show their wrath to the deserving slave ownersC.) are equally at fault for shedding blood as are their oppressorsD.) are incapable of voicing their own grievances

Textual evidence refers to Christ’s teachings to love the enemy.




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A.) Lines 27-29 (“The… us.”)B.) Lines 27-33 (“I… disposition”)C.) Lines 34-38 (“If… shed.”)D.) Lines 39-41 (“Will… yoke.”)




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A.) Lines 27-29 (“The… us.”)B.) Lines 27-33 (“I… disposition”)C.) Lines 34-38 (“If… shed.”)D.) Lines 39-41 (“Will… yoke.”)

Remember, the answer in these questions directly helps with the answer to the previous question. Answer these together (:



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