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QS 1
Section 1
Quantitative (Math) Section #1
25 Questions Time: 30 minutes
In this section, each question is followed by five answer choices. You may write in the test
booklet. For each answer you choose, fill in the corresponding bubble on your answer document.
Note: In this section, you can assume that the figures that accompany the questions are
accurately drawn EXCEPT when the question states that a particular figure is not drawn to scale.
SAMPLE QUESTION: Sample Answer

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
1,567 – 382 = _____
(A) 1,075
(B) 1,083
(C) 1,185
(D) 1,195
(E) 1,243
The correct answer is 1,185, so choice C is darkened.
STOP. Do not go on
until told to do so.
Official Middle #2 v1.0 - QS #1
1. Calculate: 1.001 + 2.1 + 0.05 3. In which of the following figures will a

(A) 1.027 triangle be formed if T and S are joined by a
straight line?
(B) 1.27
(A)
(C) 3.151
(D) 3.16
(E) 3.60
2. One notepad costs $0.79. Of the following,

which is closest to the price of 3 of these (B)
notepads?
(A) $2.70
(B) $2.40
(C) $2.10
(D) $1.80
(E) $1.60 (C)
(D)
(E)
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1
4. At a zoo, a baby rhinoceros weighs 120 7. If x − 10 = 25 , what is the value of x?

pounds. A baby elephant weighs 80 pounds

(A) 3
more than the baby rhinoceros. How much 5
does the baby elephant weigh? (B) 1

2
(A) 200 pounds

(C) 3
(B) 160 pounds 10
(D) 1
(C) 120 pounds 5
(D) 80 pounds 1
(E) 10

(E) 40 pounds
8. Hilda polled 13 classmates on the number
5. If 17 + 17 + 17 + 17 + 17 = 5 × n, what of hours of television watched in one week.
is the value of n? Each response was recorded as a point in
the dot plot. Which of the following is the
(A) 5
median number of hours of television
(B) 17 watched?
(C) 57
(D) 75
(E) 85
6. Each team in a soccer league plays 16

games during the season. A certain team
has won 8 games and lost 3 games. To date,
what is the greatest number of games the (A) 16
team can lose during the remainder of the (B) 18
season and still win more than 12 of the
(C) 20

games in the season?

(D) 22
(A) 1
(E) 24
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

9. What is 3 − 12 + 73 ?

11. The figure shown contains three squares.
The areas of the squares are 4, 9, and 16.
(A) 1
6
What is the area of the figure?

(B) 9
5
(C) 10
3
(D) 21
5
29
(E) 6

10. Yellow, Red, Blue, Green, White

Mr. Valdez has shirts in each of the colors (A) 11
listed above. Each day he will select a shirt
(B) 17
color repeating the colors above in the
order shown. If he wears a yellow shirt on (C) 21
the first day of the month, what will be the (D) 25
color of the shirt he will wear on the 30th
(E) 29
day of the month?
(A) Blue 12. During a 3-mile walk, Rose walked the first
mile in 10 minutes. If she continued to walk
(B) Green
at the same rate, how long, in hours, did it
(C) Red take her to walk 3 miles?
(D) White (A) 3
4
(E) Yellow 1
(B) 2
(C) 1
3
(D) 1
4
(E) 1
6

13. If 10% of a number is 40, what is 20% of the 16. Which of the following lists will contain
number? equal numbers when each number in the
(A) 80 list is rounded to the nearest tenth?
(B) 50 (A) 4.36, 4.41, 4.46, 4.409
(C) 20 (B) 5.09, 5.14, 5.149, 5.17
(D) 12 (C) 6.17, 6.08, 6.09, 6.14
(E) 8 (D) 7.91, 7.98, 7.88, 7.85

(E) 8.17, 8.23, 8.18, 8.209
14. If each of the dimensions of a rectangular
prism is doubled, how will the volume of 17. Ellen has a fish tank with a volume of 40
the prism be affected? liters. She went to the pet store and
bought 16 tiny fish for the tank. If Ellen
(A) It will be 2 times the original volume.
uses a water-to-fish ratio of 4 liters to 1
(B) It will be 4 times the original volume. fish, how many of the fish she bought will
(C) It will be 6 times the original volume. need to go into a different tank?
(D) It will be 8 times the original volume. (A) 4
(E) It will be 9 times the original volume. (B) 6
(C) 10
15. The □ in the number □.3 represents a digit
from 0 through 9. Which of the following (D) 12
fractions is equivalent to □.3? (E) 24
(A) □+3
10
(B) □+3
100
(C) 10×(□+3)
10
(D) (10×□)+3
10
(E) (100×□)+3
100

18. Which of the following is Step 6 in the 20. 7x − 2 (1 − x) − 3 + 4x

number trick shown?
Which of the following is equivalent to the
expression above?
(A) 13x − 5
(B) 13x − 1
(C) 11x − 3
(D) 10x − 5
(E) 10x − 2
(A) Subtract 12. 21. On the first day of Luke's fitness plan, he
completed 30 push-ups. On the second
(B) Multiply by 3.
day, he completed 45 push-ups. What was
(C) Add the number from step 1. the percent increase in the number of
(D) Subtract the number from step 1. push-ups completed by Luke from the first
to the second day?
(E) Subtract the number from step 1,
twice. (A) 15%
(B) 33%
19. 76%, 0.54, 12 , 35%, 34 , 0.92
(C) 45%

Which of the following expresses the list (D) 50%

above in order from least to greatest?
(E) 75%
(A) 0.54, 0.92, 12 , 34 , 35%, 76%

1 3
22. The sum of three consecutive even
2 , 4 , 35%, 0.54, 76%, 0.92
(B)
numbers is 258. Which of the following is

1 3 the least number?
2 , 35%, 4 , 0.54, 76%, 0.92
(C)
(A) 82
(D) 35%, 76%, 0.54, 12 , 34 , 0.92
(B) 84

1 3
(E) 35%, 2 , 0.54, 4 , 76%, 0.92

(C) 85
(D) 86
(E) 88

23. For the circle with center C, the distance 25. The floor dimensions of a rectangular living
from the center to any point on the circle room are 20 feet by 18 feet. How many
is 6. Which of the following CANNOT be the square yards of carpeting are needed to
length of a line segment with endpoints on cover the floor? (1 yard = 3 feet)
the circle? (A) 40
(B) 45
(C) 90
(D) 240
(E) 360
(A) 13
(B) 9
(C) 8
(D) 6
(E) 4
24. Solve for x. −23 − (−2x) = −17

(A) −20
(B) −3
(C) 3
(D) 6
(E) 15
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RS 2
Section 2
Reading Section
Read each passage carefully and decide on the basis of the passage which one of the five answer
choices best answers each question.
STOP. Do not go on
Official Middle #2 v1.0 - RS
Questions 1-5
In colonial New York and Boston, as well as in the smaller towns,

women artisans and merchants made or sold everything from dry goods
to china, furniture, and hardware. This was especially true after
Line 1760, with the extension of the market for many items manufactured
5 in the home. Women usually ran taverns and coffeehouses. Others were
carpenters, cabinetmakers, braziers, soapmakers, cutlers,
ropemakers, and even blacksmiths. The hardier of these occupations
had generally been inherited from deceased husbands.
Women were also more active on the professional level, and for the
10 same reasons: a short-handed country would not disdain womenpower,
and in the Colonial era these occupations required little formal
education. Women frequently taught in the common schools. Nurses and
midwives had more patients than they could handle, and they and
other women did a flourishing business by offering their services as
15 doctors.

1. What is the primary reason the author 5. The author would most likely agree with
gives for the involvement of women in the which of the following statements about
colonial economy? Colonial times?
(A) A desire for financial independence (A) Some occupations, such as medicine
and teaching, required extensive
(B) Advances in technology
education.
(C) A labor shortage
(B) There were fewer women in the
(D) The growth of the population marketplace after 1760.
(E) Men going off to war (C) It was essential that women made
what they sold.
2. As it is used in the third sentence, the word
"ran" most nearly means (D) The women of New York and Boston
had better jobs than those of smaller
(A) sprinted
towns.
(B) extended
(E) There was an increase in the number
(C) campaigned of professional women.
(D) managed
(E) fled
3. In the last sentence of the first paragraph,

the word "hardier" probably means
(A) weightier
(B) more strenuous
(C) more complex
(D) more time-consuming
(E) requiring more education
4. The author mentions all of the following

occupations for women EXCEPT
(A) blacksmith
(B) doctor
(C) carpenter
(D) glassblower
(E) soapmaker

Questions 6-10
In the late 1970s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved
the first vaccine that successfully prevented pneumococcal
pneumonia. Researchers found that the rate that pneumonia occurs
Line increases as we get older. In 2012, the FDA approved a new vaccine
5 for adults 50 and older. This vaccine protects against thirteen
strains of pneumococcal bacteria, which cause meningitis, pneumonia,
and ear infections. The FDA said that 300,000 adults 50 years and
older are hospitalized every year for pneumococcal pneumonia.
Initial distribution was being aimed at persons over 65.
10 "Despite the wide use of antibiotics, pneumonia today is the sixth
leading cause of death in the United States," an FDA representative
said. "The type of pneumonia against which the vaccine protects
accounts for a major portion of these deaths. The vaccine is
effective in at least 80 percent of the people who receive it."
15 Still, all these years later, the vaccine is a safe and effective
way to prevent pneumonia.

6. This passage is primarily about 9. The attitude of the “FDA representative”

(A) medical researchers (first sentence of second paragraph)
toward use of the pneumococcal
(B) pneumococcal bacteria pneumonia vaccine is best described as
(C) a vaccine for pneumonia (A) cautious
(D) illness in the United States (B) critical
(E) the Food and Drug Administration (C) fanatical
7. The passage suggests that the vaccine (D) supportive

approved in the late 1970s probably (E) ambivalent
(A) reduced the number of deaths from
pneumonia 10. The style of the passage is most like that
found in
(B) made the use of antibiotics obsolete
(A) a textbook
(C) increased the authority of the FDA
(B) an almanac
(D) provided protection against illnesses
other than pneumonia (C) a news article
(E) increased health expenses for people (D) an encyclopedia

in the United States (E) an advertisement
8. As it is used in the fourth sentence, the

word “strains” most nearly means
(A) pressures
(B) exertions
(C) melodies
(D) injuries
(E) types

Questions 11-15
With the invention of new diving equipment, scientists have been

able to study animals such as the octopus in their ocean habitats.
Investigators have given tests to octopuses and found that their
Line intelligence is high compared to that of other mollusks.
5 In one interesting test, a live lobster was placed in a glass jar.
In the mouth of the jar there was a cork stopper in which a small
hole had been drilled. The jar was taken to sea and put in front of
the entrance to the dwelling of an octopus. Octopuses like to eat
lobsters, so in spite of the fact that it was surrounded by cameras,
10 lights, and interested divers, the octopus came out and threw itself
upon the lobster. When it discovered that it could not reach its
prey, it turned red with anger and surprise, for the octopus shows
its emotions by changing color.
Normally, the octopus would have been able to paralyze its victim
15 with the poison from its salivary glands. But it could see the
lobster was still moving around inside the jar. It became very
impatient and began to explore the jar. The octopus then found the
hole in the cork stopper and squeezed its arm inside. When the tip
of the arm touched the lobster and the lobster moved, the octopus
20 looked electrified. It seemed to realize that the stopper could be
moved and in a few minutes it had pulled the stopper out of the jar
with one arm and collected the lobster with two others.

11. The major purpose of the experiment 14. The passage implies that the octopus came
described in the passage was to out of its home because it
(A) test how the octopus solves problems (A) was attracted by the lights
(B) discover how the octopus poisons its (B) wanted to eat the lobster
victims (C) was frightened by the cameras
(C) study the emotions displayed by an (D) was interested in the scientists
octopus
(E) had been coaxed by the divers
(D) discover whether the octopus attacks
lobsters 15. The main purpose of the passage is to
(E) observe how the octopus behaves (A) explain how scientists observe
when surrounded by divers animals in inaccessible locations
12. According to the passage, what was the (B) demonstrate the workings of nature’s
octopus' first reaction to the lobster in the food chain
jar? (C) compare the predatory habits of two
(A) exploring the jar different sea creatures
(B) pulling out the cork (D) debunk a popular myth about the
octopus
(C) eating the lobster
(E) give an illustration of the octopus’
(D) throwing itself on the jar
superior intelligence
(E) pushing its arm through the hole
13. According to the passage, the octopus

shows its emotions by
(A) changing color
(B) waving its arms
(C) hiding in caves
(D) secreting poison
(E) attacking its enemies

Questions 16-20
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth, 1804
I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
Line A host, of golden daffodils,
5 Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
10 Along the margin of a bay.
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they

Outdid the sparkling waves in glee.
15 A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company.
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought.
For oft, when on my couch I lie

20 In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude,
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

16. The figure of speech represented in line 12 20. Which of the following best describes the
(last line of second stanza) is main idea of the poem?
(A) simile (A) You should always be envious of the
(B) irony beauty of nature.
(C) hyperbole (B) Flowers can often remind you of

unpleasant past events.
(D) alliteration
(C) Ocean waves can remind you of
(E) personification flowers moving with a breeze.
17. The tone of the poem is best described as (D) Gazing at the Milky Way can never
replace the joy that flowers can bring.
(A) humorous
(E) Nature provides so much joy that
(B) mournful
even the memory of it can make you
(C) chatty happy.
(D) joyful
(E) detached
18. In line 16 (middle of third stanza), “jocund”

most nearly means
(A) fancy
(B) cheerful
(C) sincere
(D) imaginary
(E) noisy
19. The poet uses the word "vacant" (line 20) to

describe
(A) a daydream
(B) an illness
(C) loneliness
(D) his heart
(E) his home

Questions 21-25
As Earth whirls along its endless journey through space, it has a

companion that is always beside it--the moon. The moon is a small
celestial body. It is only about one-fourth as big as Earth.
Line The moon is our nearest neighbor in space. The stars are billions
5 of miles away. The sun is millions of miles away. But the moon is
only about 239,000 miles away. That makes the moon truly a next-door
neighbor.
In a way, the moon "belongs" to Earth. Just as Earth moves around
the Sun, the moon moves around the Earth. It is held in place by the
10 tug of Earth's stronger gravity. A celestial body that is held by
another this way is called a satellite. The moon is Earth's
satellite.
The moon is a ball of gray rock, some of which is covered with
dust. It has no air or water--and, of course, no plants or animals.
15 Its whole surface is nothing but mountains and plains of rock. When
we look up at a full moon, we often see dark patches. These dark
patches are the lowlands. They seem to form a shadowy face, which
people have named "the man in the moon." The brighter parts of the
moon are the highlands.
20 In ancient times, many people worshipped the moon. The Romans, who
thought the moon was a goddess, named it Luna. Our word lunar means
"of the moon."

21. Why does the author think that the moon 24. The author's main purpose for writing the
"belongs" (third paragraph) to the Earth? passage is most likely to
(A) The moon could not exist without the (A) describe the origin of the word
Earth. "lunar"
(B) One can see the man in the moon (B) dispel myths about the man in the
from Earth. moon
(C) Ancient Romans considered it a (C) inform the reader about the moon
goddess. (D) compare the moon and the Earth
(D) It is a satellite of the Earth. (E) explain why the ancient Romans
(E) It is Earth's nearest neighbor. worshipped the moon
22. According to the passage, which of the 25. Which of the following statements is NOT
following can be found on the moon? asserted or implied in the passage?
(A) air (A) The moon is Earth's satellite.
(B) water (B) The moon is composed of the same
(C) plants materials as Earth.
(D) animals (C) The moon's lowlands appear dark

from the Earth.
(E) mountains
(D) The Earth is four times larger than
23. According to the passage, the face of the the moon.
"man in the moon" (at the end of the fourth (E) The moon is closer to the Earth than
paragraph) is formed by anything else in space.
(A) mountains
(B) lowlands
(C) craters
(D) forests
(E) seas

Questions 26-30
Excerpt from Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery, 1912
One day the minister's wife rushed in where Spencervale people had
feared to tread, went boldly to Old Lady Lloyd, and asked her if she
wouldn't come to their Sewing Circle, which met fortnightly on
Line Saturday afternoons.
5 "We are filling a box to send to our Trinidad missionary," said
the minister's wife, "and we should be so pleased to have you come,
Miss Lloyd."
The Old Lady was on the point of refusing rather haughtily. Not
that she was opposed to missions--or sewing circles either--quite
10 the contrary; but she knew that each member of the Circle was
expected to pay ten cents a week for the purpose of procuring sewing
materials; and the poor Old Lady really did not see how she could
afford it. But a sudden thought checked her refusal before it
reached her lips.

26. The first paragraph implies that the people 30. As it is used in the last sentence, the word
of Spencervale find Old Lady Lloyd to be "checked" most nearly means
(A) eccentric (A) inspected
(B) intimidating (B) marked
(C) fascinating (C) deposited
(D) bothersome (D) verified
(E) congenial (E) stopped
27. The passage implies that the main purpose

of the Sewing Circle's project is
(A) charitable
(B) educational
(C) commercial
(D) political
(E) artistic
28. In the passage, Old Lady Lloyd is depicted

as
(A) shy but cordial
(B) modest but accomplished
(C) impoverished but proud
(D) anxious and fretful
(E) curious and intrusive
29. In the third paragraph, second sentence,

the narrator uses the expression "Not that .
. ." to introduce
(A) a needed clarification
(B) a logical conclusion
(C) contradictory evidence
(D) an alternative viewpoint
(E) a dissenting opinion

Questions 31-35
Until the nineteenth century very little was known about the
ancient history of Egypt. The brief statements of Hebrew writers in
the Old Testament and some stories preserved by the Greeks were all
Line that historians had to go on. There were also the writings that the
5 ancient Egyptians themselves had carved in stone, but these were
mysterious hieroglyphics written in a long forgotten language that
no one could read.
But about 1800 A.D. some soldiers of Napoleon in Egypt, while
laying foundations for a fort at the Rosetta mouth of the Nile,
10 found a curious slab of black rock. This "Rosetta Stone" bore three
inscriptions: one of these was in Greek, one in the ancient
hieroglyphs of the pyramids, and the third in a later Egyptian
writing, called demotic, which had likewise been forgotten. A French
scholar, Champollion, shrewdly hypothesized that the three
15 inscriptions all told the same story and therefore would contain
words similar in meaning to the words in the other two inscriptions.
In 1822 he proved this to be true. Then, working from the Greek, he
found the meanings of the hieroglyphics and so learned to read the
long-forgotten language of Old Egypt.

31. The passage is mainly about 34. It can be inferred from the passage that
(A) how Hebrew and Greek writers Champollion
viewed the Egyptians (A) was a soldier in Napoleon's army
(B) how the Rosetta Stone was (B) claimed possession of the Rosetta
discovered Stone for France
(C) how the Egyptians lived in ancient (C) had studied the hieroglyphics of the
times pyramids
(D) how the ancient Egyptian language (D) could read the ancient Greek
was deciphered language
(E) how historians reacted to the (E) published French translations of the
discovery of the Rosetta Stone inscriptions
32. In the first paragraph, end of the second 35. The passage as a whole implies that
sentence, the expression "go on" most Champollion's achievement resulted in
nearly means (A) a revival of ancient Egyptian as a
(A) continue living language
(B) learn from (B) enhanced prestige for French
(C) talk at length universities
(D) move forward (C) a deeper understanding of the

ancient history of Egypt
(E) happen
(D) popular fascination with the culture
33. In the passage, Champollion is of ancient Egypt
characterized as (E) a new theory about the construction
(A) temperamental of the pyramids
(B) benevolent
(C) ambitious
(D) devious
(E) clever

Questions 36-40
Excerpt from "The Maine Woods" by Henry David Thoreau, 1864
On the 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for

Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the railroad and
steamboat. I was intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged
Line in the lumber-trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of
5 the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. From this place,
which is about one hundred miles by the river above Bangor, thirty
miles from the Houlton military road, and five miles beyond the last
log-hut, I proposed to make excursions to Mount Ktaadn, the second
highest mountain in New England, about thirty miles distant, and to
10 some of the lakes of the Penobscot, either alone or with such
company as I might pick up there. It is unusual to find a camp so
far in the woods at that season, when lumbering operations have
ceased. I was glad to avail myself of the circumstances of a gang of
men being employed there at that time repairing the injuries caused
15 by the great freshet in the spring. The mountain may be approached
more easily and directly on horseback and on foot from the northeast
side, by the Aroostook road, and the Wassataquoik River, but in that
case you see much less of the wilderness, none of the glorious river
and lake scenery, and have no experience of the batteau and the boat
20 man's life. I was fortunate also in the season of the year. In the
summer myriads of black flies, mosquitoes, and midges make traveling
in the woods almost impossible; but now their reign was nearly over.

36. According to the passage, which of the 39. The author indicates that he preferred to
following occurred in the spring? approach the “mountain” (third sentence
(A) The author met his relative. from the end) by boat because
(B) There were damaging floods. (A) he disliked riding horses
(C) The author travelled by train. (B) he wanted to avoid insects
(D) Insects interfered with travel. (C) doing so made for an easier journey
(E) Lumbering operations ceased. (D) doing so made for a shorter journey
(E) doing so provided a more scenic
37. As it is used at the end of the third route
sentence, in the middle of passage, the
phrase “pick up” most nearly means 40. To describe the period of time during
which “black flies, mosquitoes, and midges”
(A) lift
(last sentence) dominate the woods, the
(B) learn author uses which of the following literary
(C) detect devices?
(D) acquire (A) Metaphor
(E) increase (B) Onomatopoeia
(C) Simile
38. The author indicates that when he
encountered a “gang of men” (fifth (D) Irony
sentence) in the woods he was (E) Allusion
(A) justifiably annoyed
(B) deeply puzzled
(C) pleasantly surprised
(D) mildly amused
(E) somewhat fearful

VS 3
Section 3
Verbal Section
The Verbal Section contains two different types of questions, first synonyms and then analogies.
Synonyms
Each question includes a word in capital letters followed by five one-word answer or phrase.
Choose the answer choice that is most nearly the same in meaning as the capitalized word.
SAMPLE QUESTION: Sample Answer:

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
CELEBRATE:
(A) drain
(B) party
(C) push
(D) frighten
(E) clean
Analogies
These questions ask you to look for the relationships between words. Choose the answer that best
completes the meaning of the sentence.
SAMPLE QUESTION: Sample Answer:

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Dog is to puppy as
(A) kitten is to cat

(B) fox is to bear
(C) mare is to stallion
(D) human is to baby
(E) wolf is to mouse
STOP. Do not go on
Official Middle #2 v1.0 - VS
Part One - Synonyms

Directions: Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.
1. EMPHASIZE: 5. EXCURSION:
(A) insert (A) reason
(B) stress (B) outing
(C) enlarge (C) delivery
(D) force (D) upheaval
(E) create (E) surplus
2. COMMERCE: 6. PROPHECY:
(A) trade (A) prayer
(B) humor (B) miracle
(C) advertisement (C) boast
(D) transportation (D) prediction
(E) supply (E) command
3. LUMINOUS: 7. HAZARD:
(A) wealthy (A) disaster
(B) beneficial (B) poison
(C) heavy (C) danger
(D) smooth (D) ambush
(E) glowing (E) accident
4. RESTRICT: 8. EERIE:
(A) punish (A) silent
(B) interrupt (B) hesitant
(C) limit (C) spooky
(D) capture (D) exciting
(E) eliminate (E) suspect

9. DISCLOSE: 13. ROBUST:

(A) begin (A) dishonest
(B) erase (B) penniless
(C) learn (C) colossal
(D) expel (D) vigorous
(E) reveal (E) significant
10. VALOR: 14. CONVERGE:

(A) wealth (A) meet
(B) praise (B) spin
(C) pride (C) change
(D) bravery (D) talk
(E) truth (E) fade
11. CODDLE: 15. AMPLE:

(A) cheat (A) timely
(B) waver (B) popular
(C) confuse (C) worthy
(D) pamper (D) expensive
(E) delay (E) abundant
12. COARSE: 16. PETITION:

(A) crude (A) roster
(B) stingy (B) request
(C) bold (C) recurrence
(D) plain (D) protest
(E) angry (E) ballot

17. ALLURE: 21. SPECTER:

(A) refer (A) ghost
(B) permit (B) display
(C) trick (C) telescope
(D) entice (D) guardian
(E) invent (E) range
18. OBSOLETE: 22. SUBTERRANEAN:

(A) stubborn (A) frigid
(B) outdated (B) southern
(C) undeniable (C) underground
(D) nostalgic (D) incompetent
(E) impractical (E) unobtainable
19. WRITHE: 23. CONJECTURE:

(A) scribble (A) summon
(B) wash (B) guess
(C) complain (C) defame
(D) cringe (D) plead
(E) squirm (E) discard
20. ADVERSE: 24. WARY:

(A) bizarre (A) fatigued
(B) sideways (B) hopeful
(C) infamous (C) cautious
(D) unfavorable (D) slender
(E) straightforward (E) menacing

25. VANQUISH: 29. PLACID:

(A) disappear (A) smug
(B) conquer (B) tranquil
(C) neglect (C) ordinary
(D) release (D) feeble
(E) deceive (E) wise
26. PERPETUAL: 30. HOMAGE:

(A) rapid (A) honor
(B) resistant (B) debt
(C) everlasting (C) habitat
(D) enormous (D) trait
(E) bothersome (E) status
27. ABATE:
(A) entrap
(B) inhabit
(C) embarrass
(D) diminish
(E) agree
28. INCENTIVE:
(A) decision
(B) reputation
(C) agreement
(D) observance
(E) motivation

Part Two - Analogies

Directions: Choose the answer that best completes the meaning of the analogy.
31. Closet is to clothing as 35. Roof is to house as

(A) fireplace is to wood (A) icing is to cake
(B) window is to drapery (B) chair is to table
(C) foyer is to entrance (C) heel is to boot
(D) basement is to house (D) page is to book
(E) cupboard is to food (E) street is to city
32. Alarming is to concern as 36. Clarify is to clear as

(A) hilarious is to amusement (A) change is to stable
(B) marital is to wedding (B) liberate is to free
(C) unruly is to discipline (C) eat is to hungry
(D) drowsy is to sleep (D) rejoice is to happy
(E) inept is to skill (E) offend is to rude
33. Yawn is to boredom as 37. Enroll is to college as

(A) enrage is to anger (A) graduate is to diploma
(B) expect is to surprise (B) coach is to team
(C) smile is to laughter (C) elect is to office
(D) shrug is to shoulder (D) enlist is to army
(E) wince is to pain (E) teach is to class
34. Show is to see as 38. Bone is to skeleton as

(A) hide is to find (A) blood is to vein
(B) ask is to give (B) girder is to steel
(C) know is to learn (C) meter is to poem
(D) tell is to hear (D) painting is to sketch
(E) earn is to take (E) word is to sentence

39. Sad is to sorrow as 43. Shoe is to foot as

(A) foolish is to laughter (A) nail is to finger
(B) thirsty is to beverage (B) shield is to armor
(C) uncertain is to doubt (C) tire is to wheel
(D) envious is to hatred (D) umbrella is to rain
(E) lost is to location (E) oar is to boat
40. Bead is to necklace as 44. Unsightly is to beauty as

(A) boxcar is to train (A) wicked is to virtue
(B) square is to checkerboard (B) foolish is to humor
(C) wrist is to bracelet (C) audible is to sound
(D) branch is to tree (D) sick is to remedy
(E) sand is to beach (E) sour is to flavor
41. Mural is to paint as 45. Inform is to knowledge as

(A) statue is to stand (A) conceal is to truth
(B) lecture is to listen (B) accuse is to guilt
(C) poem is to interpret (C) embolden is to courage
(D) graffiti is to write (D) pacify is to anger
(E) poster is to advertise (E) appreciate is to value
42. Ecstatic is to happy as 46. Fragile is to break as

(A) miserly is to rich (A) stubborn is to yield
(B) precious is to valuable (B) crooked is to straighten
(C) punctual is to tardy (C) sharp is to hone
(D) notorious is to famous (D) level is to slant
(E) frail is to hardy (E) portable is to carry

47. River is to stream as 51. Tapestry is to wall as

(A) aisle is to church (A) pane is to window
(B) canyon is to cliff (B) threshold is to door
(C) boulevard is to street (C) chandelier is to ceiling
(D) mountain is to foot (D) clothing is to dresser
(E) dock is to harbor (E) carpet is to floor
48. Err is to mistake as 52. Aspire is to ambition as

(A) try is to effort (A) dare is to courage
(B) ask is to answer (B) regret is to mistake
(C) lack is to supply (C) infer is to truth
(D) weep is to pity (D) doubt is to conviction
(E) owe is to payment (E) appease is to anger
49. Echo is to sound as 53. Arena is to game as

(A) wave is to ocean (A) sanctuary is to refuge
(B) gust is to wind (B) cafeteria is to menu
(C) reflection is to light (C) warehouse is to merchandise
(D) circle is to shape (D) studio is to artist
(E) period is to time (E) cinema is to movie
50. Culprit is to guilty as 54. Lenient is to forgive as

(A) rival is to jealous (A) anxious is to relax
(B) dupe is to deceptive (B) content is to complain
(C) braggart is to humble (C) meddlesome is to interfere
(D) celebrity is to famous (D) heroic is to admire
(E) fiend is to afraid (E) suspect is to accuse

55. Valiant is to cowardly as 59. Teach is to learn as

(A) cheery is to bleak (A) seize is to take
(B) angry is to hostile (B) sow is to reap
(C) humid is to cold (C) remind is to forget
(D) unique is to obvious (D) think is to believe
(E) open is to ajar (E) lend is to borrow
56. Doodle is to draw as 60. Mask is to face as

(A) lurk is to wait (A) alibi is to crime
(B) rest is to work (B) armor is to battle
(C) wander is to travel (C) alias is to name
(D) whisper is to speak (D) mythology is to legend
(E) stumble is to fall (E) hoax is to chicanery
57. Fence is to enclose as

(A) gate is to enter
(B) pillar is to support
(C) roof is to slant
(D) stair is to climb
(E) road is to pave
58. Continuous is to interrupt as

(A) illegible is to write
(B) accidental is to intend
(C) familiar is to accustom
(D) patient is to await
(E) reverent is to pray

QS 4
Section 4
Quantitative (Math) Section #2
In this section, each question is followed by five answer choices. You may write in the test
booklet. For each answer you choose, fill in the corresponding bubble on your answer document.
Note: In this section, you can assume that the figures that accompany the questions are
accurately drawn EXCEPT when the question states that a particular figure is not drawn to scale.
SAMPLE QUESTION: Sample Answer

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
1,567 – 382 = _____
(A) 1,075
(B) 1,083
(C) 1,185
(D) 1,195
(E) 1,243
The correct answer is 1,185, so choice C is darkened.
STOP. Do not go on
1. There are 150 calories in a 12 -cup serving of

5. If 500 + 100 + x + y = 668, what does
a certain cereal. How many calories are x + y equal?
there in a 1-cup serving of the cereal?
(A) 8
(A) 75
(B) 60
(B) 225
(C) 68
(C) 300
(D) 600
(D) 450
(E) 1,268
(E) 600
6. A length of 2.5 meters is equivalent to a
2. What is 5.01 − 3.22? length of how many millimeters?
(A) 1.79 (A) 0.0025
(B) 1.89 (B) 0.25
(C) 2.21 (C) 25
(D) 2.79 (D) 250
(E) 2.89 (E) 2,500
3. Of the following sums, which has a value 7. If x = 6 and y = 10, what is the value of
that is closest to 39 + 18 + 42? 2x
y+2 ?
(A) 30 + 10 + 30
(A) 2
(B) 30 + 10 + 40
(B) 1
(C) 40 + 10 + 40 5
(C) 2
(D) 40 + 20 + 40
(D) 6
(E) 40 + 20 + 50 7
(E) 3
4. The perimeter of a square is 2 feet. What is 5
the length, in feet, of each side of the

8. Lisa is 16 years old, and Josh is half as old
square?
as Lisa. How old will Josh be when Lisa is
(A) 1
4
20 years old?
(B) 1 (A) 4
2
(B) 6
(C) 1
(C) 8
(D) 4
(D) 10
(E) 8
(E) 12

9. What is the value of 37 × 21

6?

13. Compute: 13 ÷ 1
3
(A) 1 (A) 0
6
1
(B) 6 (B) 9

49
(C) 1
(C) 1 3
(D) 3 (D) 1
2
(E) 49 (E) 9
6
14. In the square shown, M is the midpoint of

10. The number 25 is 3 more than 12 the
side AB . What percent of the square is

number n. What is the value of n? shaded?
(A) 11
(B) 22
(C) 44
(D) 47
(E) 56
11. Compute: −3 + 2 × 15 − 7
(A) 20
(B) 13 (A) 25%
(C) −8 (B) 33%
(D) −22 (C) 50%
(E) −40 (D) 66%

(E) 75%
12. The ratio of the number of red pieces to
the number of blue pieces in a game is 2 to 15. What is 12 of 16 ?
3. Which of the following could be the total

number of red and blue pieces in the game? (A) 3
(B) 1
(A) 6 3
1
(B) 8 (C) 4

(C) 9 (D) 1
8
(D) 10 1
(E) 12
(E) 12

16. A group of 4 people hire a taxi to take them 18. The figure shows two parallel lines
to the airport. The company charges a intersected by a transversal line. What is
fixed cost of $40 for 2 people, and $5 for the value of x?
each additional person. If the group
chooses to split the cost equally, how
much will each person pay?
(A) $10.00
(B) $11.25
(C) $12.50
(D) $21.25
(E) $22.50 (A) 40
17. If n3 is a whole number, which of the

(B) 50
following could be the value of n? (C) 80
(A) 343 (D) 100
(B) 353 (E) 160
(C) 403 19. Last month, the mean weight of 3 dogs was
(D) 473 44 kilograms. By the end of this month, the
weight for 2 of the dogs had increased by 3
(E) 483
kilograms, and the third dog's weight had
stayed the same. What was the mean
weight of the 3 dogs, in kilograms, at the
end of this month?
(A) 45
(B) 46
(C) 47
(D) 50
(E) 53

20. How many eighths are there in 2.375? 23. The table shows the original and current
(A) 19 prices for five tablets. Based on the table,
the original price of which tablet was
(B) 13 reduced by 25% to give the current price?
(C) 8
(D) 5
(E) 3
21. The temperature was (x + 3) degrees

Fahrenheit in the morning. By the evening,
the temperature had doubled, and then
decreased by 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Which
of the following expressions represents the
temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, in the
evening?
(A) 2x − 4
(B) 2x − 2
(C) 2x − 1
(D) 2x + 1
(E) 2x + 2
22. Which of the following figures can be

formed by intersecting a plane and a cube?
I. A point
II. A triangle
III. A rectangle
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II, and III
Tablet Original Price Current Price
P $550 $525
Q $500 $400
R $600 $150
Tablet Original Price Current Price
S $300 $275
T $400 $300
(A) P
(B) Q
(C) R
(D) S
(E) T

24. If a positive whole number n is multiplied

by a number less than 1, the answer MUST
be
(A) greater than n
(B) less than n
(C) less than 1
(D) between 0 and 1
(E) 0
25. Donny and Travis are building a sand

castle. While Donny works on the castle,
Travis digs a moat around the castle in the
shape of a circle, as shown. The inner circle
has a diameter of 24 inches. The moat has a
width of 4 inches. Based on the figure,
what is the circumference, in inches, of the
outer circle?
(A) 24π
(B) 28π
(C) 32π
(D) 56π
(E) 64π

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SAMPLE QUESTION: Sample Answer

The correct answer is 1,185, so choice C is darkened.

1. Calculate: 1.001 + 2.1 + 0.05 3. In which of the following figures will a

2. One notepad costs $0.79. Of the following,

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pounds. A baby elephant weighs 80 pounds

does the baby elephant weigh? (B) 1

(A) 200 pounds

6. Each team in a soccer league plays 16

games in the season?

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What is the area of the figure?

10. Yellow, Red, Blue, Green, White

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(B) 50 (A) 4.36, 4.41, 4.46, 4.409

(C) 20 (B) 5.09, 5.14, 5.149, 5.17

(D) 12 (C) 6.17, 6.08, 6.09, 6.14

(E) 8 (D) 7.91, 7.98, 7.88, 7.85

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18. Which of the following is Step 6 in the 20. 7x − 2 (1 − x) − 3 + 4x

Which of the following expresses the list (D) 50%

numbers is 258. Which of the following is

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24. Solve for x. −23 − (−2x) = −17

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40 Questions Time: 40 minutes

In colonial New York and Boston, as well as in the smaller towns,

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3. In the last sentence of the first paragraph,

4. The author mentions all of the following

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6. This passage is primarily about 9. The attitude of the “FDA representative”

7. The passage suggests that the vaccine (D) supportive

(E) increased health expenses for people (D) an encyclopedia

8. As it is used in the fourth sentence, the

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With the invention of new diving equipment, scientists have been

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13. According to the passage, the octopus

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"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth, 1804

I wandered lonely as a cloud

Continuous as the stars that shine

The waves beside them danced, but they

For oft, when on my couch I lie

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(C) hyperbole (B) Flowers can often remind you of

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9. What is the value of 37 × 21