ACT Reading Practice 3

Question 1

Which choice best states the main idea of the passage?

Accepted Answer

The passage follows Eli through five months of raising a trout from an egg, culminating in a release that leaves him recognizing that his care was meant all along to make the fish able to live without him.

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The passage describes the technical requirements of the county's Trout in the Classroom program and evaluates whether the program actually benefits local streams.

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The passage recounts a disagreement between Eli and his father over the cost and effort of raising a fish, a disagreement that is resolved only when the fish is released.

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The passage contrasts Eli's careful methods of raising the trout with Mr. Halvorsen's more casual approach to running the classroom hatching program.

Question 2

According to the passage, who supplied the trout eggs that Eli raised?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Halvorsen, who brought them from a hatchery in a Styrofoam cooler.

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Eli's father, who ordered them online and had them delivered in a chilled box.

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Eli, who caught the eggs himself from Miller Creek the previous fall.

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The county, which mailed eggs directly to each participating family.

Question 3

Based on the passage, why did Eli and his father release the trout a day before the rest of the class released theirs?

Accepted Answer

Eli's father had a work trip during the weekend of the scheduled class release.

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Eli's father wanted to avoid the crowd of other families at Miller Creek.

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Mr. Halvorsen rescheduled the group release because of high water levels in the creek.

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The trout had grown too large to wait for the scheduled class release.

Question 4

According to the passage, what method did Eli and his father use to acclimate the trout to Miller Creek before releasing it?

Accepted Answer

They alternated pouring bucket water and creek water together, cup by cup, until the temperatures matched.

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They lowered the sealed bucket directly into the creek and waited for the plastic to warm to the water's temperature.

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They left the tank water sitting near the creek overnight so it would cool gradually before the release.

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They asked Mr. Halvorsen to test the creek's temperature in advance and adjust the tank's chiller to match it.

Question 5

The passage most strongly suggests that over the course of the trout project, Eli's father's attitude changed from

Accepted Answer

mild reluctance about the extra cost and effort to quiet, supportive involvement.

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outright refusal to participate to an enthusiasm that matched his son's.

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indifference at the start to open skepticism about whether the fish would survive.

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active discouragement of the project to reluctant agreement only after Mr. Halvorsen intervened.

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