Book excerpt: Exam SAM's Next Generation Accuplacer Reading Practice Tests with Exam Tips book helps you answer all of the types of questions on the Next Generation Accuplacer Reading Test. The book contains 5 complete Accuplacer reading practice tests with answers and detailed explanations. The book is new and up-to-date for the Accuplacer Next Generation Test. Practice Test 1 is in study guide format with exam tips and hints after each question. The tips and hints in test 1 help you learn the skills and tricks you need to ace the test. The practice tests are in the same format as the actual exam, so each practice test set has: 1 literary set with 4 questions; 1 informational paired set with 4 questions; 12 discrete informational questions; 20 total questions. The practice tests cover all of the skill categories on the actual reading test, so there are questions on: Information & ideas; Rhetoric; Synthesis; and Vocabulary. You may also be interested in our other publications: Next Generation Accuplacer Writing Practice Tests book and Accuplacer Next Generation Practice Math Test Questions book