SAT Reading Practice: Horror Prose

The street on which they walk is

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

The author’s use of three questions in the first three lines is meant to

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Which words best describe the nature of the stories being told among the group?

1. Based on this passage, Dorian Gray believes that

Which choice best describes what happens in this excerpt?

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Despite being described as “garrulous,”...“John Moss wordlessly waved his arm at the cliff above.” This is an example of

As used in line 1, “rambles” most nearly means

The passage could serve as

What effect does Douglas’s question have on the group?

As used in line 42, “domestics” most nearly means

As used in line 20, ‘survey” most nearly means

Which choice best describes what happens in this excerpt?

Dorian Gray’s reputation outside his home was that

As used in line 16, “dissipate” most nearly means

The main purpose of the passage is to

In this excerpt, the phrase “the turn of the screw” most likely implies