{"id":2154,"date":"2022-11-30T10:08:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T10:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2022-11-30T23:16:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:16:53","slug":"psat-reading-global-command-of-evidence-practice-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/psat\/psat-reading-global-command-of-evidence-practice-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"PSAT Reading: Global and Command of Evidence Practice Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s look at the following example of a test-like passage and question set. After the mapped passage, the left column contains questions similar to those you\u2019ll see on the PSAT Reading Test on Test Day. The column on the right features the <a title=\"PSAT Reading: How to Raise Your Score\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/psat\/psat-reading-how-to-raise-your-score\/\">strategic thinking<\/a> test experts employ when approaching the passage and questions presented. Pay attention to how test experts vary the approach to answer different question types.<br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_icon_box  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<article  class=\"iconbox iconbox_left_content    avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr  \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class=\"iconbox_icon heading-color\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue83f' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  ><\/div><div class=\"iconbox_content\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='iconbox_content_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Remember!<\/h3><\/header><div class='iconbox_content_container  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>A well-crafted Passage Map should summarize the central idea of each paragraph as well as important topics or themes. Use your Passage Map to help you answer each question.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_icon_box  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_half  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Sample PSAT Reading Practice Questions: Global\/Command of Evidence<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_half  \" ><div   class='av_promobox  avia-button-no   avia-builder-el-5  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '>\t\t<div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\nQuestions 1-3 are based on the following passage.<\/p>\n<p><em>The following, adapted from an English novel published in 1907, describes the family environment and early childhood of Rickie Elliot, a boy with a mild physical disability.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some people spend their lives in a suburb, and not for any urgent reason. This had been the fate of Rickie. He had opened his eyes to filmy heavens, and taken his first walk on asphalt. He had seen civilization as a row of semi-detached villas, and society as a state in which men do not know the men who live next door. He had himself become part of the gray monotony that surrounds all cities. There was no necessity for this\u2014it was only rather convenient to his father.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Elliot was a barrister. In appearance he resembled his son, being weakly and lame, with hollow little cheeks, a broad white band of forehead, and stiff impoverished hair. His voice, which he did not transmit, was very suave, with a fine command of cynical intonation. By altering it ever so little he could make people wince, especially if they were simple or poor. Nor did he transmit his eyes. Their peculiar flatness, as if the soul looked through dirty windowpanes, the unkindness of them, the cowardice, the fear in them, were to trouble the world no longer.<\/p>\n<p>He married a girl whose voice was beautiful. There was no caress in it yet all who heard it were soothed, as though the world held some unexpected blessing. She called to her dogs one night over invisible waters, and he, a tourist up on the bridge, thought \u201cthat is extraordinarily adequate.\u201d In time he discovered that her figure, face, and thoughts were adequate also, and as she was not impossible socially, he married her. \u201cI have taken a plunge,\u201d he told his family. The family, hostile at first, had not a word to say when the woman was introduced to them; and his sister declared that the plunge had been taken from the opposite bank.<\/p>\n<p>Things only went right for a little time. Though beautiful without and within, Mrs. Elliot had not the gift of making her home beautiful; and one day, when she bought a carpet for the dining room that clashed, he laughed gently, said he \u201creally couldn\u2019t,\u201d and departed. Departure is perhaps too strong a word. In Mrs. Elliot\u2019s mouth it became, \u201cMy husband has to sleep more in town.\u201d He often came down to see them, nearly always unexpectedly, and occasionally they went to see him. \u201cFather\u2019s house,\u201d as Rickie called it, only had three rooms, but these were full of books and pictures and flowers; and the flowers, instead of being squashed down into the vases as they were in mummy\u2019s house, rose gracefully from frames of lead which lay coiled at the bottom, as doubtless the sea serpent has to lie, coiled at the bottom of the sea. Once he was let to lift a frame out\u2014only once, for he dropped some water on a creton.* \u201cI think he\u2019s going to have taste,\u201d said Mr. Elliot languidly. \u201cIt is quite possible,\u201d his wife replied. She had not taken off her hat and gloves, nor even pulled up her veil. Mr. Elliot laughed, and soon afterwards another lady came in, and they went away.<\/p>\n<p>*here, a piece of furniture covered with a cotton fabric<\/p>\n<p>1. Mr. Elliot is described as being<br \/>\n(A) monotonous and opportunistic.<br \/>\n(B) superficial and condescending.<br \/>\n(C) tasteful and classy.<br \/>\n(D) weak and generous.<\/p>\n<p>2. According to the passage, the family\u2019s life in the suburbs is described as<br \/>\n(A) an impersonal and unfortunate situation chosen to accommodate Mr. Elliot.<br \/>\n(B) a dull environment from which Mr. Elliot wanted to escape.<br \/>\n(C) an impoverished but friendly upbringing for Rickie.<br \/>\n(D) oppressive to Mrs. Elliot, but something she endured in order to please her husband.<\/p>\n<p>3. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?<br \/>\n(A) Lines 1-2 (\u201cSome . . . reason\u201d)<br \/>\n(B) Lines 3-7 (\u201cHe had opened . . . next door\u201d)<br \/>\n(C) Lines 7-8 (\u201cHe had himself . . . cities\u201d)<br \/>\n(D) Lines 9-10 (\u201cThere was . . . father\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  \" ><p><div  class=\"togglecontainer    avia-builder-el-7  el_before_av_toggle_container  avia-builder-el-first \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-1\">Step 1: Read Actively<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p>\u00b61: Rickie doesn\u2019t like suburbs<br \/>\n\u00b62: description of Rickie\u2019s father<br \/>\n\u00b63: description of Rickie&#8217;s mother<br \/>\n\u00b63: Mr. E not excited about marriage<br \/>\n\u00b64: mom- bad taste, dad- left<br \/>\n\u00b64: parents lived apart<br \/>\n\u00b64: father has new lady<\/p>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer    avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_hr \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-2\">Question 1<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><b>Step 2: Examine the question stem<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What kind of question is this?<\/em>\u00a0A <a title=\"PSAT Reading: Global Questions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/psat\/psat-reading-global-questions\/\">Global<\/a> question<\/li>\n<li><em>How do you know?<\/em> It asks about the description of a character mentioned throughout the passage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Step 3: Predict and answer<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What is the general characterization of Mr. Elliot?<\/em> Negative<\/li>\n<li><em>Which answer choice contains two negative adjectives that reflect Mr. Elliot&#8217;s personality?<\/em> Choice (B)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_toggle_container '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer    avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr \" ><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-3\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-3\">Question 2<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-3\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><b>Step 2: Examine the question stem<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What kind of question is this?<\/em> A Detail question<\/li>\n<li><em>How do you know?<\/em> \u201cAccording to the passage\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Step 3: Predict and answer<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>In what part of the passage does the author mention the suburbs? <\/em>The first paragraph<\/li>\n<li><em>What is Rickie\u2019s attitude toward the suburbs?<\/em> Negative<\/li>\n<li><em>Why does the family live in the suburbs?<\/em> Because it\u2019s \u201cconvenient\u201d (line 10) for Mr. Elliot<\/li>\n<li><em>What answer choice matches this?<\/em> Choice (A)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_toggle_container  el_before_av_toggle_container '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class=\"togglecontainer    avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last \" ><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-4\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-4\">Question 3<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-4\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"  >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><b>Step 2: Examine the question stem<\/b><br \/>\n<i><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What kind of question is this?<\/em>\u00a0A <a title=\"PSAT Reading: Command of Evidence Questions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/psat\/psat-reading-command-of-evidence-questions\/\">Command of Evidence <\/a>question<\/li>\n<li><em>How do you know?<\/em> The question stem\u2019s wording<\/li>\n<li><em>What keywords in the question stem&#8217;s wording?<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;Best evidence for the answer to the previous question&#8221; and the answer choices use line citations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Step 3: Predict and answer<\/b><br \/>\n<i><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Where did you find the answer to the previous question?<\/em> The first paragraph<\/li>\n<li><em>Who insists that the family live in the suburbs?<\/em> Mr. Elliot<\/li>\n<li><em>What answer choice matches this?<\/em> Choice (D)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_icon_box '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<article  class=\"iconbox iconbox_left_content    avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr  \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class=\"iconbox_icon heading-color\" aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue83f' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'  ><\/div><div class=\"iconbox_content\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='iconbox_content_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Remember!<\/h3><\/header><div class='iconbox_content_container  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>The Kaplan Strategy for Command of Evidence questions: Review how you selected the answer to the previous question and avoid answer choices that provide evidence for incorrect answer choices to it. The correct answer will support why the previous question\u2019s answer is correct.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-center   avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_icon_box  el_before_av_heading '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >PSAT Reading Practice Question Explanations<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<b>Question 1<\/b><br \/>\nWhen asked for a description of a character in a U.S. and World Literature passage, use your Passage Map to gather an overall sense of the character. The author\u2019s tone is generally negative when referring to and describing Mr. Elliot, so look for the answer choice that is fully negative. Watch out for answer choices that have only one negative adjective. Both adjectives must apply for the answer to be correct. While A also contains negative adjectives, there is no indication that Mr. Elliot is \u201cmonotonous,\u201d even though the suburbs are boring. Choice (B) is correct.<\/p>\n<p><b>Question 2<\/b><br \/>\nActive reading means always searching for the author\u2019s opinion about what is being described. Look for hints that reveal the author\u2019s opinion. The phrases \u201cfilmy heavens\u201d (line 3) and \u201cgray monotony\u201d (line 8) are negative. The author also says \u201cthere was no necessity for this\u2014it was only rather convenient to his father\u201d (lines 9-10). Choice (A) captures the negative tone of the passage and its emphasis on the convenience of Mr. Elliot.<\/p>\n<p><b>Question 3<\/b><br \/>\nAlways use the Kaplan Strategy for Command of Evidence questions. In answering the previous question, you established that the Elliot family\u2019s experience in the suburbs was negative and all for the convenience of Mr. Elliot. The sentence in choice (D) supports this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous:<\/strong> <a title=\"PSAT Reading: Command of Evidence Questions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/psat\/psat-reading-command-of-evidence-questions\/\">PSAT Reading: Command of Evidence Questions<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Next:<\/strong> <a title=\"PSAT Reading: Connections Questions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/psat\/psat-reading-connections-questions\/\">PSAT Reading: Connection Questions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s look at the following example of a test-like passage and question set. After the mapped passage, the left column contains questions similar to those you\u2019ll see on the PSAT Reading Test on Test Day. The column on the right features the strategic thinking test experts employ when approaching the passage and questions presented. Pay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[240],"tags":[195,321],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41947,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions\/41947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}