Reading — Prose Fiction & Non-Fiction
40 questions, 35 minutes across four passage types: literary narrative, social science, humanities, science.
What you need to know
1Prose fiction passages test inference and character motivation — most subjective passage type
2Comparative passages: two short passages with relationship questions — appear in ~30% of tests
3Main idea questions: don't answer from outside knowledge — the passage is everything
4Time management: 8 minutes 45 seconds per passage — skip and return if stuck
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