June 2016 US SAT Test QAS and Answer Paper

Reading Test

Questions 1-10 – Literature – SAT June 2016 Question an Answer Service

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

Questions 11-20 – Science – SAT June 2016 Question an Answer Service

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.

Questions 21-30 – Science – SAT June 2016 Question an Answer Service

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”.

Questions 31-41 – History – SAT June 2016 Question an Answer Service

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.

Questions 43-52 – Science – SAT June 2016 Question an Answer Service

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.