McGraw-Hill's 10 ACT Practice Tests

1 McGraw-Hill s10 ACTP racticeTestsABOUT THE AUTHORS teve Dulan has been involved with the ACT since 1982, when he received ascore of 32 on his own test as a high school junior at Iron Mountain High score qualified him for the State of Michigan Competitive Scholarship in1983. In 1989, after serving as a Army infantry Sergeant, and during histime as an undergraduate at Michigan State University, Steve became an ACTinstructor. He has been helping students to prepare for success on the ACT andother standardized exams ever since. Steve attended The Thomas M.

2 CooleyLaw School on a full Honors Scholarship after achieving a 99th percentiIe scoreon his Law School Admission Test (LSAT). In fact, Steve scored in the 99thpercentile on every standardized test he has ever taken. While attending lawschool, Steve continued to teach standardized test prep classes (including ACT,SAT, PSAT, GRE, GMAT, and LSAT) an average of thirty hours each week, andtutored some of his fellow law students in a variety of subjects and in essay examwriting techniques. Steve has also served as an instructor at the college and lawschool of students have benefited from Steve s instruction, coaching, andadmissions consulting and have gone on to the colleges of their choice.

3 Hisstudents have gained admission to some of the most prestigious institutions inthe world and received many scholarships of their own. A few of them evenbeat his ACT score! Since 1997, Steve has served as the President of AdvantageEducation ( ), a company dedicated to providing effectiveand affordable test prep education in a variety of settings, including classesand seminars at high schools and colleges around the country, summer CollegePrep Camps at The University of Michigan, and one-on-one via the 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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10 DOI: h o p e y o u e n j o y t h i sMcGraw-Hill eBook! Ifyou d like more information about this book,its author, or related books and websites,please click to learn more?CONTENTSA cknowledgmentsviiIntroduction: Using This BookixHow to Use the Practice TestsixA Note on Scoring the Practice TestsixUNDERSTANDING THE ACT1 What Is the ACT?1 Who Writes the ACT?1 Registering for the ACT1 Why Do ACT Exams Exist?3 ACT Scores3 Writing Test Scoring Guidelines3 Practice TEST 15 Answer Key61 Scoring Guide65 Answers and Explanations69 Practice TEST 291 Answer Key145 Scoring Guide149 Answers and Explanations153 Practice TEST 3175 Answer Key230 Scoring Guide233 Answers and Explanations237 Practice TEST 4257 Answer Key309 Scoring Guide313 Answers and Explanations317 Practice TEST 5339 Answer Key394 Scoring Guide397 Answers and Explanations401 For more information about this title.