PracticeTest#8©2016TheCollegeBoard.CollegeBoard,SAT,andtheacornlogoareregisteredtrademarksoftheCollegeBoard.Maketimetotakethepracticetest.It’soneofthebestwaystogetreadyfortheSAT.Afteryou’vetakenthepracticetest,scoreitrightawayatsat.org/scoring.K-5MSA15Testbeginsonthenextpage.ReadingTest65MINUTES,52QUESTIONSTurntoSection1ofyouranswersheettoanswerthequestionsinthissection.Eachpassageorpairofpassagesbelowisfollowedbyanumberofquestions.Afterreadingeachpassageorpair,choosethebestanswertoeachquestionbasedonwhatisstatedorimpliedinthepassageorpassagesandinanyaccompanyinggraphics(suchasatableorgraph).Questions1-10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.ThispassageisfromCarlosRuizZafón,TheAngel’sGame.©2008byDragonworks,S.L.Translation©2009byLuciaGraves.Thenarrator,awriter,recallshischildhoodinearlytwentieth-centuryBarcelona.Eventhenmyonlyfriendsweremadeofpaperandink.AtschoolIhadlearnedtoreadandwritelongbeforetheotherchildren.Wheremyschoolfriendssawnotchesofinkonincomprehensiblepages,Isawlight,streets,andpeople.Wordsandthemysteryoftheirhiddensciencefascinatedme,andIsawinthemakeywithwhichIcouldunlockaboundlessworld,asafehavenfromthathome,thosestreets,andthosetroubleddaysinwhichevenIcouldsensethatonlyalimitedfortuneawaitedme.Myfatherdidn’tliketoseebooksinthehouse.Therewassomethingaboutthem—apartfromthelettershecouldnotdecipher—thatoffendedhim.HeusedtotellmethatassoonasIwastenhewouldsendmeofftoworkandthatI’dbettergetridofallmyscatterbrainedideasifIdidn’twanttoendupaloser,anobody.IusedtohidemybooksunderthemattressandwaitforhimtogooutorfallasleepsothatIcouldread.Oncehecaughtmereadingatnightandflewintoarage.Hetorethebookfrommyhandsandflungitoutofthewindow.“IfIcatchyouwastingelectricityagain,readingallthisnonsense,you’llbesorry.”Myfatherwasnotamiserand,despitethehardshipswesuffered,wheneverhecouldhegavemeafewcoinssothatIcouldbuymyselfsometreatsliketheotherchildren.HewasconvincedthatIspentthemonlicoricesticks,sunflowerseeds,orsweets,butIwouldkeeptheminacoffeetinunderthebed,and...
