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AnswerExplanationsSAT®PracticeTest#1©2015TheCollegeBoard.CollegeBoard,SAT,andtheacornlogoareregisteredtrademarksoftheCollegeBoard.5KSA091AnswerExplanationsSATPracticeTest#1Section1:ReadingTestQUESTION1.ChoiceBisthebestanswer.Inthepassage,ayoungman(Akira)asksamother(Chie)forpermissiontomarryherdaughter(Naomi).Therequestwascertainlysurprisingtothemother,ascanbeseenfromline47,whichstatesthatpriortoAkira’squestionChie“hadnoidea”therequestwascoming.ChoiceAisincorrectbecausethepassagedepictstwocharactersengagedinacivilconversation,withChiebeingimpressedwithAkira’s“sincerity”andfindingherself“startingtolikehim.”ChoiceCisincorrectbecausethepassageisfocusedontheideaofAkira’sandNaomi’spresentlivesandpossiblefutures.ChoiceDisincorrectbecausetheinteractionsbetweenChieandAkiraarepolite,notcritical;forexample,ChieviewsAkirawith“amusement,”notanimosity.QUESTION2.ChoiceBisthebestanswer.Thepassagecentersonanightwhenayoungmantriestogetapprovaltomarryawoman’sdaughter.Thepassageincludesdetaileddescriptionsofsetting(a“winter’seve”anda“coldrain,”lines5-6);character(Akira’s“soft,refined”voice,line33;Akira’seyes“sh[ining]withsincerity,”line35);andplot(“Naomiwassilent.ShestoodafullhalfminutelookingstraightintoChie’seyes.Finally,shespoke,”lines88-89).ChoiceAisincorrectbecausethepassagefocusesonanontraditionalmar-riageproposal.ChoiceCisincorrectbecausethepassageconcludeswithoutresolutiontothequestionofwhetherAkiraandNaomiwillreceivepermis-siontomarry.ChoiceDisincorrectbecausethepassagerepeatedlymakesclearthatforChie,herencounterwithAkiraismomentousandunsettling,aswhenAkiraacknowledgesinline73thathehas“startled”her.2QUESTION3.ChoiceCisthebestanswer.Akira“camedirectly,breakingalltradition,”(line1)whenheapproachedChieandaskedtomarryherdaughter,andhe“ask[ed]directly,”without“ago-between”(line65)or“mediation,”becausedoingotherwisewouldhavetakentoomuchtime.ChoicesA,B,andDareincorrectbecauseinthesecontexts,“directly”doesnotmeaninafrank,confident,orprecisemanner.QUESTION4.ChoiceAisthebestanswer.AkiraisveryconcernedChiewillfindhismar-riageproposalinappropriatebecausehedidnotfollowtraditionalprotocolandusea“go-between”(line65).Thisisclearinlines63-64,whenAkirasaystoChie“Pleasedon’tjudgemycandidacybytheunseemlinessofthisproposal.”ChoiceBisincorrectbecausethereisnoevidenceinthepassagethatAkiraworriesthatChiewillmistakehisearnestnessforimmaturity.ChoiceCisincor-rectbecausewhileAkirarecognizesthathisunscheduledvisitisanuisance,hislargerconcernisthatChiewillrejecthimduetotheinappropriatenessofhisproposal.ChoiceDisincorrectbecausethereisnoevidenceinthepassagethatAkiraworriesChiewillunderestimatethesincerityofhisemotions.QUESTION5.ChoiceCisthebestanswer.Inlines63-64,AkirasaystoChie,“Pleasedon’tjudgemycandidacybytheunseemlinessofthisproposal.”ThisrevealsAkira’sconcernthatChiemaysaynototheproposalsimplybecauseAkiradidnotfollowtraditionalpractices.ChoicesA,B,andDdonotprovidethebestevidencefortheanswertothepreviousquestion.ChoiceAisincorrectbecauseline33merelydescribesAkira’svoiceas“soft,refined.”ChoiceBisincorrectbecauselines49-51reflectChie’sperspective,notAkira’s.ChoiceDisincorrectbecauselines71-72indicateonlythatAkirawasspeakinginaneagerandforthrightmatter.QUESTION6.ChoiceDisthebestanswerbecauseAkiraclearlytreatsChiewithrespect,including“bow[ing]”(line26)toher,callingher“Madame”(line31),andlookingatherwith“adeferentialpeek”(line34).AkiradoesnotofferChieutterdeference,though,asheaskstomarryNaomiafterheconcedesthatheisnotfollowingprotocolandadmitstobeinga“disruption”(line31).ChoiceAisincorrectbecausewhileAkiraconveysrespecttoChie,thereisnoevidenceinthepassagethathefeelsaffectionforher.ChoiceBisincor-rectbecauseneitherobjectivitynorimpartialityaccuratelydescribeshowAkiraaddressesChie.ChoiceCisincorrectbecauseAkiraconveysrespecttoChieandtakestheconversationseriously.3QUESTION7.ChoiceDisthebestanswer.Thefirstparagraph(lines1-4)reflectsonhowAkiraapproachedChietoaskforherdaughter’shandinmarriage.Intheselines,thenarratoriswonderingwhetherChiewouldhavebeenmorelikelytosayyestoAkira’sproposalifAkirahadfollowedtradition:“Akiracamedirectly,breakingalltradition.Wasthatit?Hadhefollowedform—hadheaskedhismothertospeaktohisfathertoapproachago-between—wouldChiehavebeenmorereceptive?”Thus,themainpurposeofthefirstpara-graphistoexaminewhyChiereactedacertainwaytoAkira’sproposal.ChoiceAisincorrectbecausethefirstparagraphdescribesonlyoneaspectofJapaneseculture(marriageproposals)butnotthecultureasawhole.ChoiceBisincorrectbecausethefirstparagraphimpliesacriticismofAkira’sindividualmarriageproposalbutnottheentiretraditionofJapanesemarriageproposals.ChoiceCisincorrectbecausethenarratordoesnotquestionasuggestion.QUESTION8.ChoiceBisthebestanswer.Inline1,thenarratorsuggeststhatAkira’sdirectapproachbroke“alltradition.”ThenarratorthenwondersifAkirahad“followedform,”orthetraditionexpectedofhim,wouldChiehavebeenmorereceptivetohisproposal.Inthiscontext,following“form”thusmeansfollowingacertaintraditionorcustom.ChoicesA,C,andDareincorrectbecauseinthiscontext“form”doesnotmeanthewaysomethi