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All students are invited to take this test, however we recommend it for students who meet the following criteria:  \n○ Scored at or above the 75% percentile on the reading and verbal sections of the HSPT (if scores are available)  \n○ Have a strong interest in English, including reading and writing.  \n● The Honors English test will take one hour (additional time is scheduled for giving instructions and getting settled). Students also taking the Honors World History test will be able to complete both exams in one hour.  \nTopics include:  \n1. Students will be asked to read a passage or article, discern what is important, and articulate what the passage is about.  \n2. The multiple choice portion assesses basic reading comprehension skills including: reading a nonfiction or literary passage or poem, identifying the author’s meaning, identifying specific evidence to support a claim, and interpreting meaning from context clues.  \n*Please make every effort to test on one of these dates.  \nIf you are unable to, please contact the Scheduling Coordinator, [at](at scheduling@presentationhs.org)[ ](at scheduling@presentationhs.org)[scheduling@presentationhs.org](at scheduling@presentationhs.org).  \nHonors English and Honors World History Proficiency Test Practice Questions  \nThe following four questions represent the types of questions you may see on the Proficiency Test for Honors English and Honors World History. There will also be a written component asking students to make arguments about the reading as well. Both tests are an assessment of skills, not content, so there is no particular content to study for the test.  \nUse this passage from “The Things They Carried” to answer the following two questions:  \n“Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice barely restrained, the instinct to run or freeze or hide, and in many respects this was the heaviest burden of all, for it could never be put down, it required perfect balance and perfect posture”(O’Brien 368).  \n1. What is the main idea, or theme of this passage?  \na. The boys are all scared of death.  \nb. Falling over is a constant fear in war.  \nc. Living life to the fullest will stop regrets when in a combat zone.  \nd. The emotional weight is more than the physical weight of their gear.  \ne. 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