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Test Tips

An actual ACT Reading Test contains 40 questions to be answered in 35 minutes.

  • Read the passage(s) carefully.
  • Read and consider all of the answer choices before you choose the one that best responds to the question.
  • Refer to the passage(s) when answering the questions.

Click on letter choices below to view the correct answer and explanations.

Section 1 - 5 of 30

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