Official 2016 December US SAT Test | SAT QAS in PDF with Answers

Curve analysis for SAT December 2016 US exam:

• Reading - The overall difficulty is moderate mainly due to the comparatively easier passages. For the first 3 mistakes, 10 points off for each mistake. For the fourth to the eighth mistakes, 10 points off for every 2 mistakes. Given the lower difficulty of the reading section, the curve is normal. 
• Grammar - overall difficulty is normal, there wasn't any arcane concept being tested. 10 points off for 1 mistake; 30 off points for 2 mistakes; 50 points off for 5 mistakes. 
• Math - (sorry we don't have enough information on math for this particular test) 

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Reading

Passage 1: Questions 1-10 - Literature - SAT December 2016 US Question and Answer

This passage is adapted from Jhumpa Lahiri,The Namesake ©2003 by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Passage 2: Questions 11-21 - Science - SAT December 2016 US Question and Answer

The passage is adapted from Nicholas Wade,Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors by Nicholas Wade, 2006

Passage 3: Questions 22-32 - Science - SAT December 2016 US Question and Answer

This passage is adapted from a book talking about star clusters.

Passage 4: Questions 33-42 - History - SAT December 2016 US Question and Answer

Passage 1 is adapted from Benjamin Franklin,information to Those Who Would Remove to America. Originally published in 1782.Passage 2 is adapted from J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur. Letters from an American Farmer.Passage2 was written sometime between 1769 and 1775 and originally published in 1782.

Passage 5: Questions 43-52 - Science - SAT December 2016 US Question and Answer

This passage is adapted from Meghan A.Duffy,“It Helps to Be Well Connected”©2014 by the American Advancement for the Advancement of Science.