ISEE Upper Level Reading Comprehension Practice Test 48

1. This passage serves mainly to

• A. recount the author's experience working on a farm in summer
• B. provide a description of the author's summer home
• C. describe the joys of being in the country
• D. convey the author's love of family celebrations

2. In lines 9–17, the author includes the story of the pony's name primarily to

• A. show his love for animals
• B. poke good-hearted fun at his sister
• C. show his love for his own children
• D. emphasize the friendship between the Roosevelt and Grant families

3. All of the following can be explicitly answered by information in the passage EXCEPT:

• A. Where did the author and his siblings prefer to spend their childhood summers?
• B. How did the author and his siblings spend their time in the country?
• C. Where did the author and his siblings stay while in the country?
• D. How did the author feel about Thanksgiving?

4. The statement that "I never knew any one else have what seemed to me such attractive Christmases, and in the next generation I tried to reproduce them exactly for my own children" (lines 47–51) primarily suggests that the author

• A. wanted his children to follow his example
• B. missed the Christmases from his childhood
• C. went to great lengths trying to recreate his childhood
• D. carried on certain traditions because he thought his children would enjoy them, too

5. The passage is told from the point of view of

• A. an adult looking back fondly on his own life
• B. a child describing his life
• C. a child describing events that happened to someone else
• D. an adult filled with regret over the passing of time