CBEST READING SECTION PRACTICE TEST
BANK 2026 COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
SOLVED QUESTIONS
● All the information you need to answer the questions is contained
within the passages. Answer: Knowing the types of questions asked in
the Reading Section will help you know where to search for the answers.
● How many passages are there? Answer: Four. Prose fiction and three
nonfiction passages.
● How many questions per passage? Answer: Ten
● Flyover Answer: A quick look at the passage BEFORE reading the
questions paying attention to the first and last sentences in each
paragraph.
● I. Prose Fiction
There are 5 types of questions: Answer: 1. Specific Detail
2. Inference
3. Character Generalization
4. Point of View
5. Cause-Effect
, ● 1. Specific Details and Facts Answer: The most straightforward
questions you'll encounter. Simply find the details within the passage.
Expect 3 or 4 specific detail questions about the PF passage.
● 1. Specific Details Answer: Many questions have key words in the
question or choices that will enable you to find the correct section of the
passage to support your answer.
● 1. Specific Details Answer: Read each choice carefully and don't fall
for a choice that has the exact some wording as the passage but used in
the wrong context.
● 2. Inference Answer: These questions ask for implied information.
You must use information in the passage to figure out something else.
Look for verbs like: suggest, infer, imply and indicate.
● 2. Inference Answer: Anything directly stated by the author is not an
inference.
● 3. Character generalization Answer: Found only in PF. These
questions ask you to reduce a lot of information about a character into
one statement.
BANK 2026 COMPLETE STUDY SHEET
SOLVED QUESTIONS
● All the information you need to answer the questions is contained
within the passages. Answer: Knowing the types of questions asked in
the Reading Section will help you know where to search for the answers.
● How many passages are there? Answer: Four. Prose fiction and three
nonfiction passages.
● How many questions per passage? Answer: Ten
● Flyover Answer: A quick look at the passage BEFORE reading the
questions paying attention to the first and last sentences in each
paragraph.
● I. Prose Fiction
There are 5 types of questions: Answer: 1. Specific Detail
2. Inference
3. Character Generalization
4. Point of View
5. Cause-Effect
, ● 1. Specific Details and Facts Answer: The most straightforward
questions you'll encounter. Simply find the details within the passage.
Expect 3 or 4 specific detail questions about the PF passage.
● 1. Specific Details Answer: Many questions have key words in the
question or choices that will enable you to find the correct section of the
passage to support your answer.
● 1. Specific Details Answer: Read each choice carefully and don't fall
for a choice that has the exact some wording as the passage but used in
the wrong context.
● 2. Inference Answer: These questions ask for implied information.
You must use information in the passage to figure out something else.
Look for verbs like: suggest, infer, imply and indicate.
● 2. Inference Answer: Anything directly stated by the author is not an
inference.
● 3. Character generalization Answer: Found only in PF. These
questions ask you to reduce a lot of information about a character into
one statement.
