GED GED-READING Exam
GED Reasoning Through Language Arts (Page 2 )

Updated On: 7-Feb-2026

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This documentary film includes several other stories about coyotes besides the ones related here. Based on the stories in this excerpt, what are the probable topics of the other stories?

  1. all types of dogs and their habits
  2. coyotes’ ability to adjust to change
  3. farming in the Hudson River Valley
  4. the problems coyotes cause in zoos
  5. Native American customs

Answer(s): B



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In “How To Eat a Poem,” the author Eve Merriam writes,

Don’t be polite.

Bite in.

Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juicethat may run down your chin.How is the advice offered in the two poems alike?

  1. enthusiasm for life
  2. gratefulness for nature
  3. excitement for education
  4. appreciation for grandparents
  5. defensiveness for relationships

Answer(s): A



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This company is having trouble finding "enough qualified people" (line 8).
What is implied by this statement?

  1. selective about who it hires
  2. advertising in local newspapers
  3. offering poor wages and benefits
  4. interested only in college graduates
  5. promoting people from within the company

Answer(s): A



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The narrator gives several examples of how his life has changed.
What is the narrator’s general complaint that would include all his examples?

  1. People are becoming more inconsiderate.
  2. He is losing some of his physical abilities.
  3. Lack of conveniences makes travel difficult.
  4. He did not enjoy his youth.
  5. He lacks friendship.

Answer(s): B



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At the end of the play, Sibyl directly disobeys her mother’s wishes and refuses to leave the dining room when her mother orders her to leave.

Although this seems like a minor event, why does the play end with this scene?

  1. to prove Miss Cooper correct
  2. to emphasize Sibyl’s shyness
  3. to show that Sibyl is changing
  4. to contrast Sibyl and Miss Cooper
  5. to predict a happy future for Sibyl’s mother

Answer(s): C






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