B
efore you start your study of reading skills, you may want to get an
idea of how much you already
know and how much you need to learn. If that’s the case, take the pretest that follows. The pretest
consists of 50 multiple-choice questions covering all the lessons in this book. Naturally, 50 ques-
tions can’t cover every single concept or strategy you will learn by working through this book. So even if you get
all the
questions on the pretest right, it’s almost guaranteed that you will find a few ideas or reading tactics in this
book that you didn’t already know. On
the other hand, if you get many questions wrong on this pretest, don’t
despair. This book will show you
how to read more effectively, step by step.
You should use this pretest to get a general idea of how much you already know. If you get a high score, you
may be able to spend less time with this book than you originally planned. If you
get a low score, you may find
that you will need more than 20 minutes a day to get through each chapter and improve your reading skills.
There’s an answer sheet you can use for filling in the correct answers on page 3. Or, if you prefer, simply cir-
cle the answer numbers in this book. If the book doesn’t belong to you, write the numbers 1–50
on a piece of paper
and record your answers there. Take as much time as you need to do this short test. When you finish, check your
answers against the answer key at the end of this lesson. Each answer offers the lesson(s)
in this book that teaches
you about the reading strategy in that question.
Pretest
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