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Section 1: Reading Test
QUESTION 1
Choice D is the best answer. The passage begins with the main character, Lymie, sitting in a restaurant
and reading a history book. The first paragraph describes the book in front of him (“Blank pages front
and back were filled in with maps, drawings, dates, comic cartoons, and organs of the body,” lines 11-
13). The second paragraph reveals what Lymie is reading about (the Peace of Paris and the Congress of
Vienna) and suggests his intense concentration on the book (“sometimes he swallowed whole the food
that he had no idea he was eating,” lines 23-24). In the third paragraph, the focus of the passage shifts
to a description and discussion of others in the restaurant, namely “A party of four, two men and two
women . . . ” (lines 42-43).
Choice A is incorrect because the passage does not provide observations made by other characters, only
offering Lymie’s and the narrator’s observations. Choice B is incorrect because the beginning of the
passage focuses on Lymie as he reads by himself and the end of the passage focuses on the arrival of
Lymie’s father, with whom Lymie’s relationship seems somewhat strained. Choice C is incorrect because
the setting is described in the beginning of the first paragraph but is never the main focus of the
passage.
QUESTION 2
Choice C is the best answer. The main purpose of the first paragraph is to establish the passage’s setting
by describing a place and an object. The place is the Alcazar Restaurant, which is described as being
“long and narrow” and decorated with “art moderne,” murals, and plants (lines 2-6), and the object is
the history book Lymie is reading.
Choice A is incorrect because rather than establishing what Lymie does every night, the first paragraph
describes what Lymie is doing on one night. Choice B is incorrect because nothing in the first paragraph
indicates when the passage takes place, as the details provided (such as the restaurant and the book)
are not specific to one era. Choice D is incorrect because nothing in the first paragraph clearly
foreshadows a later event.
QUESTION 3
,Choice C is the best answer. The passage states that “when Lymie put down his fork and began to count
. . . the waitress, whose name was Irma, thought he was through eating and tried to take his plate away”
(lines 34-38). It is reasonable to assume that Irma thinks Lymie is finished eating because he is no longer
holding his fork.
Choice A is incorrect because Lymie has already been reading his book while eating for some time
before Irma thinks he is finished eating. Choice B is incorrect because the passage doesn’t state that
Lymie’s plate is empty, and the fact that Lymie stops Irma from taking his plate suggests that it is not
empty. Choice D is incorrect because the passage gives no indication that Lymie asks Irma to clear the
table.
QUESTION 4
Choice A is the best answer. The passage makes it clear that Lymie finds the party of four who enter the
restaurant to be loud and bothersome, as their entrance means he is no longer able to concentrate on
his book: “They laughed more than there seemed any occasion for . . . and their laughter was too loud.
But it was the women’s voices . . . which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing
what was on them” (lines 52-59).
Choices B, C, and D are incorrect because lines 55-59 make clear that Lymie is annoyed by the party of
four, not that he finds their presence refreshing (choice B), thinks they resemble the people he is
reading about (choice C), or thinks they represent glamour and youth (choice D).
QUESTION 5
Choice C is the best answer. The previous question asks about Lymie’s impression of the party of four
who enter the restaurant, with the correct answer being that he finds them noisy and distracting. This is
supported in lines 55-59: “But it was the women’s voices, the terrible not quite sober pitch of the
women’s voices, which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing what was on
them.”
Choices A, B, and D are incorrect because the lines cited do not support the answer to the previous
question about Lymie’s impression of the party of four who enter the restaurant. Rather than showing
that Lymie finds the group of strangers noisy and distracting, the lines simply describe how two of the
four people look (choices A and B) and indicate what Lymie does when his father joins him in the
restaurant (choice D).
QUESTION 6
Choice A is the best answer. In the passage, Lymie closes his book only after “a coat that he recognized
as his father’s was hung on the hook next to his chair” (lines 67-68). It is Lymie’s father’s arrival that
causes him to close the book.
, Choices B, C, and D are incorrect because lines 67-70 of the passage clearly establish that Lymie closes
his book because his father has arrived, not that he does so because the party of four is too loud (choice
B), because he has finished reading a section of the book (choice C), or because he is getting ready to
leave (choice D).
QUESTION 7
Choice D is the best answer. In lines 74-79, the narrator describes Mr. Peters as “gray” and balding,
noting that he has “lost weight” and his color is “poor.” This description suggests Mr. Peters is aging and
losing strength and vigor.
Choices A, B, and C are incorrect because the description of Mr. Peters in lines 74-79 suggests he is a
person who is wan and losing vitality, not someone who is healthy and in good shape (choice A), angry
and intimidating (choice B), or emotionally anxious (choice C).
QUESTION 8
Choice B is the best answer. In the last paragraph of the passage, Mr. Peters is described as being
unaware “that there had been any change” in his appearance since he was younger (lines 80-81). Later
in the paragraph, the passage states that “the young man” Mr. Peters once was “had never for one
second deserted” him (lines 90-91). The main idea of the last paragraph is that Mr. Peters still thinks of
himself as young, or at least acts as if he is a younger version of himself.
Choice A is incorrect because Mr. Peters is spending time with Lymie, his son, and there is no indication
that he generally does not spend time with his family. Choice C is incorrect because although there are
brief mentions of a diamond ring and manicured fingers, the paragraph focuses on Mr. Peters’s overall
appearance, not on his awareness of status symbols. Choice D is incorrect because the last paragraph
clearly states that Mr. Peters is “not aware that there had been any change” and thinks of himself as
young.
QUESTION 9
Choice B is the best answer. In lines 81-85, Mr. Peters is described as having “straightened his tie self-
consciously” and gestured with a menu “so that the two women at the next table would notice the
diamond ring on the fourth finger of his right hand.” Mr. Peters’s actions are those of someone who
wants to attract attention and be noticed.
Choices A, C, and D are incorrect because the lines cited do not support the idea Mr. Peters wants to
attract attention to himself. Choices A and C address Mr. Peters’s view of himself. Choice D indicates
that Mr. Peters’s view of himself affects his behavior but does not reveal that he acts in a way meant to
draw attention.
QUESTION 10
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