Passage C

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Practice Tests for the Texas Academic Skills Program Reading Test
Passage C

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

12. What is the subject matter of this passage?

A. uglification

B. the different branches of kinds of arithmetic

C. the education of the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon

D. Alice's adventure in the teacup

13. What is the writer's tone in this passage?

A. sarcastic

B. admiring

C. factual

D. amusing

14. In this passage, the writer uses Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision instead of

A. math, statistics, calculus, and physics.

B. algebra, geometry, physics, and calculus.

C. addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

D. technology, biology, sociology, and history.

15. According to the passage, how many hours of schooling did the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle have on the fifth day of class?

A. 2 hours

B. 4 hours

C. 6 hours

D. 24 hours

16. The conclusion that Alice makes about the meaning of lesson according to the Gryphon's explanation of "That's the reason they're called lessons, " is that lesson, according to the Gryphon, means

A. an instructive example

B. an exercise to be studied

C. something learned by experience

D. to decrease in amount

17. What is the irony of this passage?

A. The Gryphon and the Mock Turtle are angry at Alice's questions.

B. The Gryphon and the Mock Turtle are angry at Alice's stupidity.

C. Alice is embarrassed at her poor answers.

D. Every eleventh day at their school was a holiday.