ACT Past Papers with Answers

Source question 2. more-then-famous now famously in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. An author. lectUT¢r, filmmaker, and a fierce advocate for elephants-wbich face a daunting aTray of threats to their survival, from thoughts to human encroachment Moss is widely consideTed an

Source question 3. encroachment encroachment: encroachment, expert on the social behavior of these creatures.

Source question 5. intensive field studies intensive field studies, intensive, field studies extent to which elephant survival depends on learned behavior. As Moss has observed, however, a calf must learn

Source question 6. as always, how to use its trunk. At first a young elephant will drink by kneeling down at the water's edge alld it sipped

Source question 8. Refer to the source image.

Source question 9. when witnessing of witnessing elephants doing so. On occasion, Moss will see a calf stick its trunk into the mouth of its mother and pull out a bit of whatever plant material she is eating. In this way, the calf learns what kinds of vegetation are safe to eat on the savanna. where poisonous plants also grow. [1] Elephants live in family groups, each one headed by a matriarch. [2] This senior female teaches adolescent females by modeling proper care of younger elephants. [3] One of Moss's most memorable observations in which this regard involved three elephants.

Source question 10. in this regard ones that which [4] These were a matriarch, Echo, and two offspring: Enid, a ten-year-old female. and Ely, also named by Moss. li [5] Echo showed Enid how to care for Ely by staying

Source question 11. a baby male. an elephant. close to him when he was feeding and sleeping and by running to his aid when he sigllaled his distress. [6] Ely not only overcame his early ￿mitatiOns, but he also grew up to be a confident young bull. J2

Source question 12. also growing GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. The ONLY Official Prep Guide from the Makers of the ACT 43 OVIACT loviaGt The Official ACT Prep Gulde [7] Ely was born with deformed feet that initially prevented him from walking. ij

For the sake of logic and cohesion, the best placement for Sentence 7 would be: where it is now. after Sentence 3. Moss has brought compelling stories and infornvdtion about elephants is provided to an ever-expanding audience. l4 She hopes others will ID turn become advocates for the

Source question 14. is given by her to is reaching animals sh¢ admires and understands in ways few others do. Question 15 asks about the preceding passag8 as a whole.

Suppose the writer's goal had been to write a brief essay focusing on some aspect of animal behavior in the wild. Would this essay accomplish that goal? on how elephants on the savanna learn to identify their various family members. savanna and some of the behaviors they display, as studied by Mos8. ..p_h&nt.S-h_a:!e.-e¥oPve_&-i.FF.Kenya as compared to bow they have evolved in other parts of Africa. ecause e essay focuscs on elephants that Moss studies in zoos around the world. PASSAGE 11 The following paragraphs may or may not be in the most logical order. Each paragraph is num- bered in brackets, and question 29 wlll ask you to choose where Paragraph 2 should most logically be placed. Ghost Signs [1] Seeing remnants of outdoor advertisements from a 16

Source question 17. era that is no more, era of another time, Some are weather-beaten billboards. others are faded murals painted years ago on the Sides of old buildings. Whatever words remain Fruiterer . 18 Pan-Hanale Coffee-are often barely . Apothecary .

Source question 18. remain- remain, iemain.. Gramophones . GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 44 Th8 ONLY Off Icial Prep Guide from the Makers of the ACT ..OVIACT loviact Taking and Scoring Your First ACT Practice Test legible, pale fragments of yesteTday's consumer culture should strike me as silly or sad. After all, there they are.. 19

Source question 19. should they advertising products and businesses that no longer exist. 20

Source question 21. apology, with, instead, apology with instead, apology with instead JDe ID every time. [2] I collect ghost signs. Not the signs themselves, but photos of them. Driving home from school onei chilly 22 October evening, my collection got its start. I had made

Given that all the choices are accurate, which one echoes a central point the writer makes about ghost sign8? was not what interested me, was disappearing setting sun's illumination of the yellowing plastic.

Source question 24. illumin&ting setting Sun on sun illuminated the set on setting sun illuminated Maybe it was the small hole, a clue to vandalism 2S

Source question 25. evidence of evidently or of a hailstorni. Instead, something about the sign 26 touched me. I pulled over. In the twilight, I got out

Source question 27. solitarily solitaire solo signs more when I like the signs. am alone. 28

For the sake of logic and cohesion, Paragraph 2 should be placed: wher+ikis-llOW-. after ParagTaph 3.

Source question 33. will build that makes up the islands. [B] Over time, rainwaler pernieated the porous limestone but was trapped just above sea level, buoyed by the denser seawater below.

Source question 34. it being buoyed by Jostled back and forth by tides, the layer of slightly acidic, brackish water eroded limestone faster than either rainwater-or seawater-could alone. As the

Source question 35. Tainwater, or seawater, rainwater, or seawater rainwater or seawater limestone eroded caves formed. 36

Source question 38. repeat again and again at vaTiOUS different depths. repeat at different depths that varied. repeat at different depths. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. The ONLY Off icial Prep Guide from the Makers of the ACT 47 ....OVIACT loviact The Offlclal ACT Prep Guide Some of these blue holes open to small contained caves 39

Source question 39. caves that caves, others open to miles-long interconnected tunnels.

Source question 41. strikingly darker strikingly darkly them. (The darker water indicates greater depth.) 42 [C] Divers have found the reiiiains of turtl.ès and

Source question 42. alligators. Now extinct on the islands, stalactites and

Source question 43. alligators now. Extinct on alligators now extinct. On stalagmites from a time when the caves were above sea level, and artifacts of early human inhabitants. [5] [D] Hundreds of blue holes can be sighted off the

Which choice most effectively suggests the shape of blue holes as described earlier in the essay. appear in Bahamas. So far, most remain ullexplored by divers, owing in part to the danger of cave diving. Often the only clue to the mysteries below is the tantalizing sight of dark blue water leading deep into the sea. Question 45 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

Source question 46. walls to provide defensive protection stood ten meters tall they were erected under different 47 historical circumstances.

Source question 50. much sturdier than more sturdier then much sturdier then kilometers long greatly expanded and sutrounded the 51 ity of Rome as well as a Small section of the Tiber's

Which of the following placements for the underlined portion makes it most clear that it was Rome that had expanded? After the WOTds surrounded the west bank. Erected altnost 600 years after the Servian Wall, the Aurelian Wall protected Rom¢ while the arJny was away, defending the empire's far-flung frontiers from enemy attacks. [C] The massive wall deterred many enemies who might have been te￿pted to attack Rotne during those intervals the city was sparsely defended. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. The ONLY Offlclal Prep Guide from the Makers of the ACT 49 .OVIACT loviact The Official ACT Prep Guide [4] [D] The Aurelian Wall featured eighteen large gateway8 permitting both foot and chariot tTaffi¢ in and out of the city. In other words, a Series of 52 381 towers and eleven smaller side gates called

Source question 52. posterns were evenly spaced along the rest of the wall. Both the posterns and the towers servcd as def¢nsive

Which choice provides the most specific Inforn￿tiOn about bow posterns and towers served as defensive posilions? enemy attack. in that they were designed to help Rome repel enemy attacks. [5] The Romans used bricks to build the Aurelian Wall.

Given that all the statements are true, which one pro- vides the most effective transition to Paragraph 5 ? dar4he .Aufel.tafi-W&lFeontinues to dominat.e the Roman landscape. see the completion of the Aurelian Wall. ancient Rome was most likely protected by mounds of earth. However, only small portions of the Servian Wall remains, 56

Source question 56. were remaining. remain, some of which can be seen inside a chain Testaurant located beneath Rome's central train station. 57

Source question 58. what was yet to be appointed to the designation of what would in reality become the a would be but not yet of the ancient world's most famous empires are now preserved and recognized as historically significant 59

Which choice best complete8 the irony that is set up in the first part of the sentence? as important relics of Rome's earliest boundaries. within a fast-food restaurant. in such vaTied locations. by ￿ChaeolOgIsts. Question 60 asks about the preceding passage as a whole.

The writer is considering adding the following state- ent to the essay: The two walls can be thought of as concentric circles emanating from the ancient Roman Forum. If th¢ writer were to add this statement, it would most logically be placed at: Point C in Paragraph 3. PASSAGE V James Forten Revolutionary Sailmaker [1] "I have been taken prisoner for the liberties of my country, and never will prove a traitor to her interest8.' [A] Before entering a British-run prison during the American Revolution prisoner of war. James Forten. said these words 61 as a patriotic rejection of his British captor's offer to free

Source question 63. chances to SUTviving chances of surviving chance to survive GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. The ONLY Official Prep Guide from the Makers of the ACT 51 .OVIACT loviact The Official ACT Prep Gulde Forten also knew that if released at the war.'s end or as part of an exchange, he, a free black man. might be captured and sold into slavery as he journeyed hom¢ to Philadelphia. Forten not only survived but became

Source question 64. exchange. he as exchange he exchange. He one of the most successful businessmen and ardent abolitionists in the United States. 65

If the writer were to delete the preceding sentence, the paragraph would primarily lose.. a description of the tactics Forten llsed to survive imprisonment and become a successful business- man and abolitionist. a transition from a discussion of the ramifications of Forten's decision to a discussion of hts success as a sailmaker and abolitionist. a comparison between Forten's work as a business- man and his role as an abolitionist. an analysis of how Forten transitioned from a pris- oner to a businessmaD and abolitionist. [3] Forten's rise to prosperity began upon his return home when a sailmaker hired him to desigll, mend, and sew sails. Forten's knowledge of ships, gained from his experiences as a sailor during the war, paid off. He rose to the position

Source question 66. raised of foreman, and in 1798, Forten bought the sailmaker's business. [B] Employing thiTty-eight workers, white and black, 67 Forten held his employees to a high standard. Viewed

Source question 67. workers, whojn were workers.. workers as a professional academy, his business produced Skilled apprentices who constructed sails for dozens of vessels. The bulk of Forten's business records was probably lost after the business was sold. 68 oon, n￿nY regarded

Given that all the following choices are accurate. which one most effectively provides a transition into the next sentence of the essay7 War. maintained his business during difficult times.

Source question 71. smaller, and more smaller, more smaller? quicker vessels changed sail design, he adapted. 71 One thing Forten refused to do, however, was fit a slave ship with sails. [6] In fact, historians estimatc that the sailmaker invested over greater than half his fortune in work

Source question 72. over more than half of his own more than over h21f of his over half of his to abolish slavery. [C] One of the wealthiest men in Philadelphia, Forten helped finance the Liberator, a powerful abolitionist newspapeT. [D] The Revolutionary War veteran, who served in this war, believed that the

Source question 73. Yeteran, cultivating the sails of freedom, veteran, niirturing the road to reform, veteran United States owed all residents the right to freedom. Questions 74 and 75 ask about the preceding passage as a whole.