The ACT Reading Test consists of 40 multiple-choice questions that you must answer within 35-minutes.
This test consists of passages that you will need to read and questions that relate to your understanding of them. These passages are representative of the type of reading required in college freshman courses. The passages include topics related to:
Social Studies
Natural Sciences
Prose Fiction
Humanities
Note that the passages will explain all the material you need to understand in order to answer the questions. You do not need more than a very basic understanding of the passage in order to answer the questions in each of these topic areas.