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

Curve analysis for SAT March 2016 USA 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 2016 March US Question and Answer

This passage is adapted from Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. ©2000 by Michael Chabon.

Passage 2: Questions 11-20 - History - SAT 2016 March US Question and Answer

Passage 1 is adapted from Cesar Chavez, “Letter from Delano,”a letter sent to E. L. Barr Jr. In 1969.

Passage 2 is from Mark Day,Forty Acres: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers. ©1971 by Praeger Publishers, Inc. Cesar Chavez confounded the National Farm Workers Association. E. L. Barr Jr. Was the president of the California Grape and Tree Fruit League. Forty Acres is a historical account written by a member of Chavez’s movement.

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

This passage is adapted from Robert Martin How We Dok. ©2013 by Robert Martin

Passage 4: Questions 21-30 - Science - SAT 2016 March US Question and Answer

Adapted from Neal J. Roese and Kathleen D. Vohs, “Hindsight Bias”©2012 by Neau. Roese and Kathleen D. Vons

Passage 5: Questions 21-30 - Science - SAT 2016 March US Question and Answer

This passage is adapted from Angus Chen, “The Dawn of Plate Tectonics.” ©2014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.