*OFFICIAL* September 2012 ACT Reading Section Discussion

<p>Does everyone agree with the answers in the compiled list (29 questions so far)? It seems as though most of them were not discussed.</p>

<p>i remember it as most as well lol
i put something like she distinctly remembers the scent/taste/etc of the track or w/e</p>

<h1>23 was clearly least… all of the answers were correct except for the one that said she was actually at the track because she was thinking about it while she was in the car.</h1>

<p>midknight, that was question 28 on the list. The interviewer’s third question was different because it showed he was familiar with the author’s opinion on his own work.</p>

<p>you guys are shot the other 3 choices were all true. How can it be a most question? did you circle all 3 choices? ■■■■■ seconding ballislife</p>

<p>Guys, the reason why there is so much dispute over 23 is because no one is exactly sure what the question asked (I’m not talking about the Least/Most dispute… just what the actual question was word for word excluding the Least
Most part) and what the answer choices were.</p>

<p>If someone could post the other answer choices, I think it would jog everyone’s memory so we can finally put this question to rest.</p>

<h1>23</h1>

<p>The question was asking least!!! I answered with: She is presently on the track.</p>

<p>Imdad1, I think you should quit the condescending bro.</p>

<p>I remember Least…</p>

<p>cry me a river broski!</p>

<p>I remember reading it as “most” . im positive about it.</p>

<p>“24. Where were seeds not stored?
In deep complex chambers??
OR
In ash??”</p>

<p>The answer is deep, complex chambers. The passage said they put seeds in ash, in baskets, and in elevated structures.</p>

<p>“21. Writer passage can’t remember question.
It was a result of consequences rather than sacrifices”</p>

<p>Question: How did the writer feel about loneliness?</p>

<p>Does anyone remember their answers to the very last 2 questions int he reading section? I guessed on both I ran out of time. I vaguely remember what letters I filled in for those, but if anyone tells me what they put, i would prob remember.</p>

<p>1.Which of the first occurred first chronologically (bus/horse story)
Riding a horse </p>

<ol>
<li><p>What is an example of “tasty popcorn” the author gives
A car in an advertisement</p></li>
<li><p>What did the girl and her grandfather share?
They shared being born on the same island (Rawkrwwna or something like that lol)</p></li>
<li><p>Question talking about bangs and pangs in her body lines 44-46
A feeling of longing</p></li>
<li><p>What is the “space” the author is referring too
A psychological space</p></li>
<li><p>Why did the girl and her friend work with the horse?
Labor of love</p></li>
<li><p>What was the family doing on the bus?
They all kept to themselves</p></li>
<li><p>Which of these questions was not answered?( First passage riding bus/horse passage)
Why they were moving to Texas.</p></li>
<li><p>What is the authors tone in early lines talking about wind chill temperatures?
Slightly mocking</p></li>
<li><p>What did the author suggest we do with wind chill temperatures?
Abolish it altogether</p></li>
<li><p>How did Siple and Passel measure wind chill?
Observed how long it took for water bottles to freeze</p></li>
<li><p>What caused obceveski and other russian sounding name to get interested in the topic?
They noticed inconsistencies with real temperature and wind chill temperature</p></li>
<li><p>What does wind chill really measure?
Your skin temperature meeting with the air’s temperature</p></li>
<li><p>What does “take away” in context mean here?
Take away from the New World / Bring back to the Old World</p></li>
<li><p>What can we infer from the passage about the ancient egyptians seeds?
Peddlers sold them</p></li>
<li><p>What did it mean when the girl said the horse was tired" of going round and round"?
The horses exercising on the track </p></li>
<li><p>What effect did the seeds have?
Promote commerce/economic growth</p></li>
<li><p>What was the purpose of the one of the paragraphs?
To show how humans played a role in spreading the seeds</p></li>
<li><p>What were the chicahona trees used for?
Antimalaria treatment</p></li>
<li><p>There was one question in the write passage I think it asked what does the author think a story really is? Last question of the passage
Blueprint for the imagination</p></li>
<li><p>How did the writer feel about loneliness?
It was a result of consequences rather than sacrifices</p></li>
<li><p>What makes the writer mad because it was a neglected issue?
Global warming</p></li>
<li><p>Which would least explain the memory of the track (horse passage)(reminscing and mentioning sensory details about the musty smell/taste/etc.)
She is presently at the track (can’t be cause she’s on the bus)
She is not currently at</p></li>
<li><p>Where were seeds not stored?
In deep complex chambers</p></li>
<li><p>When were plants/animals first domesticated?
Before history was even recorded</p></li>
<li><p>Which is an example of personifcation?
The wind whistling</p></li>
<li><p>(writer story) Why did the writer want to write?
He wanted to do it for the better good and help people out vs. sparking imaginaton</p></li>
<li><p>The reference lines were pointing to the different questions that the interviewer asked. And lines 66-67 were like: "So you call yourself “---------?”
The interviewer looked at the author’s works beforehand</p></li>
</ol>

<p>For the question “How did the writer feel about loneliness,” I said it was something that had produced real challenges for him. I don’t remember any answer that says “It was a result of consequences rather than sacrifices.”</p>

<p>GUYS, 18 AND 29 WERE SEPARATE QUESTIONS</p>

<p>1.Which of the first occurred first chronologically (bus/horse story)
Riding a horse </p>

<ol>
<li><p>What is an example of “tasty popcorn” the author gives
A car in an advertisement</p></li>
<li><p>What did the girl and her grandfather share?
They shared being born on the same island (Rawkrwwna or something like that lol)</p></li>
<li><p>Question talking about bangs and pangs in her body lines 44-46
A feeling of longing</p></li>
<li><p>What is the “space” the author is referring too
A psychological space</p></li>
<li><p>Why did the girl and her friend work with the horse?
Labor of love</p></li>
<li><p>What was the family doing on the bus?
They all kept to themselves</p></li>
<li><p>Which of these questions was not answered?( First passage riding bus/horse passage)
Why they were moving to Texas.</p></li>
<li><p>What is the authors tone in early lines talking about wind chill temperatures?
Slightly mocking</p></li>
<li><p>What did the author suggest we do with wind chill temperatures?
Abolish it altogether</p></li>
<li><p>How did Siple and Passel measure wind chill?
Observed how long it took for water bottles to freeze</p></li>
<li><p>What caused obceveski and other russian sounding name to get interested in the topic?
They noticed inconsistencies with real temperature and wind chill temperature</p></li>
<li><p>What does wind chill really measure?
Your skin temperature meeting with the air’s temperature</p></li>
<li><p>What does “take away” in context mean here?
Take away from the New World / Bring back to the Old World</p></li>
<li><p>What can we infer from the passage about the ancient egyptians seeds?
Peddlers sold them</p></li>
<li><p>What did it mean when the girl said the horse was tired" of going round and round"?
The horses exercising on the track </p></li>
<li><p>What effect did the seeds have?
Promote commerce/economic growth</p></li>
<li><p>What was the purpose of the one of the paragraphs?
To show how humans played a role in spreading the seeds</p></li>
<li><p>What were the chicahona trees used for?
Antimalaria treatment</p></li>
<li><p>There was one question in the write passage I think it asked what does the author think a story really is? Last question of the passage
Blueprint for the imagination</p></li>
<li><p>Writer passage can’t remember question.
It was a result of consequences rather than sacrifices</p></li>
<li><p>What makes the writer mad because it was a neglected issue?
Global warming</p></li>
<li><p>Which would least explain the memory of the track (horse passage)(reminscing and mentioning sensory details about the musty smell/taste/etc.)
She is presently at the track (can’t be cause she’s on the bus)
She is not currently at</p></li>
<li><p>Where were seeds not stored?
In deep complex chambers??
OR
In ash??</p></li>
<li><p>When were plants/animals first domesticated?
Before history was even recorded</p></li>
<li><p>Which is an example of personifcation?
The wind whistling</p></li>
<li><p>(writer story) Why did the writer want to write?
He wanted to do it for the better good and help people out vs. sparking imaginaton</p></li>
<li><p>How was the interviewer’s 3rd question was different from the first two
The interviewer looked at the author’s works beforehand</p></li>
<li><p>[I can’t remember the question, but the answer was]
The seeds were not native there</p></li>
</ol>

<p>1.Which of the first occurred first chronologically (bus/horse story)
Riding a horse </p>

<ol>
<li><p>What is an example of “tasty popcorn” the author gives
A car in an advertisement</p></li>
<li><p>What did the girl and her grandfather share?
They shared being born on the same island (Rawkrwwna or something like that lol)</p></li>
<li><p>Question talking about bangs and pangs in her body lines 44-46
A feeling of longing</p></li>
<li><p>What is the “space” the author is referring too
A psychological space</p></li>
<li><p>Why did the girl and her friend work with the horse?
Labor of love</p></li>
<li><p>What was the family doing on the bus?
They all kept to themselves</p></li>
<li><p>Which of these questions was not answered?( First passage riding bus/horse passage)
Why they were moving to Texas.</p></li>
<li><p>What is the authors tone in early lines talking about wind chill temperatures?
Slightly mocking</p></li>
<li><p>What did the author suggest we do with wind chill temperatures?
Abolish it altogether</p></li>
<li><p>How did Siple and Passel measure wind chill?
Observed how long it took for water bottles to freeze</p></li>
<li><p>What caused obceveski and other russian sounding name to get interested in the topic?
They noticed inconsistencies with real temperature and wind chill temperature</p></li>
<li><p>What does wind chill really measure?
Your skin temperature meeting with the air’s temperature</p></li>
<li><p>What does “take away” in context mean here?
Take away from the New World / Bring back to the Old World</p></li>
<li><p>What can we infer from the passage about the ancient egyptians seeds?
Peddlers sold them</p></li>
<li><p>What did it mean when the girl said the horse was tired" of going round and round"?
The horses exercising on the track </p></li>
<li><p>What effect did the seeds have?
Promote commerce/economic growth</p></li>
<li><p>What was the purpose of the one of the paragraphs?
To show how humans played a role in spreading the seeds</p></li>
<li><p>What were the chicahona trees used for?
Antimalaria treatment</p></li>
<li><p>There was one question in the write passage I think it asked what does the author think a story really is? Last question of the passage
Blueprint for the imagination</p></li>
<li><p>How did the writer feel about loneliness?
It was a result of consequences rather than sacrifices</p></li>
<li><p>What makes the writer mad because it was a neglected issue?
Global warming</p></li>
<li><p>Which would least explain the memory of the track (horse passage)(reminscing and mentioning sensory details about the musty smell/taste/etc.)
She is presently at the track (can’t be cause she’s on the bus)
She is not currently at</p></li>
<li><p>Where were seeds not stored?
In deep complex chambers</p></li>
<li><p>When were plants/animals first domesticated?
Before history was even recorded</p></li>
<li><p>Which is an example of personifcation?
The wind whistling</p></li>
<li><p>(writer story) Why did the writer want to write?
He wanted to do it for the better good and help people out vs. sparking imaginaton</p></li>
<li><p>The reference lines were pointing to the different questions that the interviewer asked. And lines 66-67 were like: "So you call yourself “---------?”
The interviewer looked at the author’s works beforehand</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Why are two people posting question/answer lists…?</p>

<p>There were two separate questions there. One was about his consequences: the answer to this one was that his consequences were a result of his choices, not sacrifices. The second question asked specifically about his loneliness and I remember there was an answer that was like “it only bothered him at night” or something like that but I put that “it made real challenges for him”</p>