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

Curve analysis for SAT June 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 June 2016 US Question and Answer

This passage is adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne,The Blithedale Romance.Originally Published in 1852.

Passage 2: Questions 11-20 - Science - SAT June 2016 US Question and Answer

This passage is adapted from Clay Shirty,Here Comes Everybody:The Power of Organizing without Organizations.  ©2008 by Clay Shirky.The author is discussing websites such as Wikipedia and Flickr to which users contribute  content.

Passage 3: Questions 21-30 - Science - SAT June 2016 US Question and Answer

Passage 1 is adapted from Lucas Laursen,"Scientists Use Faux Fossils to Learn How Insect Colors Evolved."2013 by Scientific American,Inc.Passage 2 is adapted from "The Photonic Beetle".

Passage 4: Questions 31-41 - History - SAT June 2016 US Question and Answer

This passage is adapted from a letter by Benjamin Franklin,originally published in 1766.Franklin wrote the letter to the royal governor of Massachusetts William Shirley.

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

This passage is adapted from Robert Kunzig."Perennial Solution."©2011 bynational Geographic Society.A Perennial plant lives for several years;an annual plant grows for one year or season.