PSATNMSQT 2015 edition Reading Test

PSAT/NMSQT (2015 edition) Reading Test -- (C) The College Board Questions With Complete Solutions

• Which choice best summarizes the passage?
• A catastrophic event occurs, and the resulting disorder is

analyzed.

• A painful confession is made, and several close

relationships unravel.

• A long-standing commitment is broken, and a series of

repercussions follows.

• An unexpected discovery is made, and the events

occurring after that discovery are described. - Correct Answers ✅D, An unexpected discovery is made, and the events occurring after that discovery are described.

• What does the passage suggest about how Papa relates to

the narrator compared to how Mama relates?

• Papa is a stricter disciplinarian with the narrator than

Mama is.

• Papa is more privy to the narrator's confidences than

Mama is.

• Papa is more complimentary of the narrator's poetry than

mama is.

• Papa is more tolerant of the narrator's rebellious nature

than Mama is. - Correct Answers ✅B, Papa is more privy to the narrator's confidences than Mama is. 1 / 3

PSAT/NMSQT (2015 edition) Reading Test -- (C) The College Board Questions With Complete Solutions

• Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to

the previous question?

• Lines 3-4 ("When...open")
• Line 15 ("My...pride")
• Lines 20-21 ("It...secret")
• Lines 51-52 ("Why...him") - Correct Answers ✅C, Lines

20-21 ("It...secret")

• It can reasonably be inferred that Papa's "scared look" (line

2) is caused by his concerns about

• his friends' and neighbors' opinions
• his family's safety and well-being
• the relationship between the narrator and her mother.
• the narrator's desire to become a writer. - Correct

Answers ✅B, his family's safety and well-being

• Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to

the previous question?

• Lines 10-13 ("Papa...close it")
• Lines 13-14 ("After...seditious")
• Lines 18-20 ("Papa...mother")
• Lines 52-53 ("I...killed") - Correct Answers ✅D, Lines 52-

53 ("I...killed") 2 / 3

PSAT/NMSQT (2015 edition) Reading Test -- (C) The College Board Questions With Complete Solutions

• As used in line 8, "scouring" most nearly means
• searching.
• eroding.
• purging.
• waving. - Correct Answers ✅A, searching.
• As used in line 15, "fierce" most nearly means
• distressing
• struggling
• intense
• hostile - Correct Answers ✅C, intense
• The italicized words in lines 37-39 serve mainly to
• convey the lyrical cadence of Herminia's words
• illustrate the defiant nature of Herminia's poetry
• represent the urgent wishes of Dominican exiles
• demonstrate the uplifting effects of patriotic verse -

Correct Answers ✅B, illustrate the defiant nature of Herminia's poetry

• The main purpose of lines 56-68 is to
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