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The questions for GED Reading were last updated at Jul 17,2025.
- Exam Code: GED Reading
- Exam Name: GED Reasoning Through Language Arts
- Certification Provider: GED
- Latest update: Jul 17,2025
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Based on the information in this excerpt, what opportunity do ten-year-olds value?
- A . take class field trips
- B . escape from the adult world
- C . participate in competitive games
- D . discover future job opportunities
- E . accept after-school responsibilities
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Granny’s name is "Weatherall"Based on the information about her in the excerpt, why is this a good name for her?
- A . found the best memories to keep her happy
- B . discovered how to help her children
- C . come through a challenging life successfully
- D . spent long hours working outdoors
- E . used the weather to plant her gardens
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This excerpt is from an essay titled, “A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose.” Based on the title and the example described in this excerpt, what is a “lower purpose”?
- A . profit
- B . discipline
- C . necessity
- D . instruction
- E . enjoyment
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What is Gerry Ellis’s latest project, Wild Orphans?
- A . a book about environmental pollution
- B . a multimedia project to sell advertising
- C . a project aimed at promoting conservation
- D . an information booklet on great apes
- E . a series of pictures of orphaned children
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In lines 38C46, Maud Martha reacts to her decision to release the mouse.
What do her thoughts reveal about her feelings?
- A . She had power and used it wisely.
- B . She can never admit her weakness to anyone.
- C . She can use her newfound knowledge to trap more mice.
- D . The consequences of life and death are unimportant.
- E . She has the right to choose life or death for all living things.
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What emotion do the people share with the fish when they are "peering, peering there" (line 10)?
- A . happiness
- B . loneliness
- C . curiosity
- D . distress
- E . anxiety
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Why does the author use the phrase “Satan’s own land” (lines 24C25)?
- A . to indicate that only evil men were property owners
- B . to suggest the Imperial Valley was full of devil worshippers
- C . to highlight the intensity of the heat in the Imperial Valley
- D . to illustrate that apricots ripen in hot weather
- E . to explain that Manuel preferred picking fruit up North
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When Florence announces that she is leaving for New York, both Gabriel and Ma react negatively but for different reasons.
What does Gabriel imply about his reason when he says, "you going to walk off and leave your motherCjust like that?" (lines 59C61)?
- A . He is happy that Florence is leaving.
- B . He doubts that Florence will really leave.
- C . He is proud of Florence’s sense of independence.
- D . He feels that Florence has some obligation to Ma.
- E . He believes that Florence is sneaking away with a boyfriend.
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What is the narrator’s purpose in this excerpt?
- A . to create sympathy for Dame Van Winkle’s problem
- B . to illustrate the hardships of life in Colonial America
- C . to describe Rip’s relationship with his dog
- D . to justify Rip’s avoidance of hard work
- E . to describe the sort of life Rip led
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Later in the story, Rip wakes up from a twenty-year nap and returns to the village. On the basis of the information in this excerpt, what will probably be his greatest hope?
- A . His wife will be waiting for him to return.
- B . He will have grandchildren to play with.
- C . He will be able to find a job.
- D . Dame Van Winkle will have changed.
- E . His old neighbors will not recognize him.