Mini SSAT
Section 1: Essay (25 minutes)
Write an essay on the following prompt on the paper provided. Your essay should
NOT exceed two pages and must be written in ink. Erasing is not allowed.
Prompt: What goes up must come down.
Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Use examples from history, literature, or your own
personal experience to support your point of view.
Section 2: Verbal Multiple Choice (3 minutes)
Instructions: Each of the following questions consists of one word followed by five
words or phrases. You are to select one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the
word in capital letters.
1) Caprice:
A) Idea
B) Mistake
C) Whim
D) Decision
E) Guess
2) Expunge:
A) Erase
B) Handle
C) Label
D) Assault
E) Keep
4) Refined is to vulgar as
3) Vex:
A) Scribble
B) Locate
C) Scream
D) Play
E) Irritate
5) Vain is to humble as
A) Calm is to placid.
A) Anxious is to boisterous.
B) Submissive is to recalcitrant.
B) Cantankerous is to thoughtless.
C) Happy is to ecstatic.
C) Judicious is to lenient.
D) Helpful is to victorious.
D) Authoritative is to discursive.
E) Tranquil is to forgivable.
E) Extroverted is to shy.
Section 3: Quantitative Math (2 minutes)
1) Which of the following is closest to 0.52 x 78?
A) 1/5 of 70
B) 1/5 of 80
C) 2/5 of 70
D) 1/2 of 70
E) 1/2 of 80
2) The maximum load that a railway car can carry is 17 1/3 tons of freight. If a train
has 36 railway cars, and each of these carries 5/9 of a ton less than its maximum
load, how many tons of freight is the train carrying?
A) 604
B) 612 7/9
C) 640 5/9
D) 648
E) 660
Section 4: Reading Comprehension (2 minutes)
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity. – William Butler Yeats
Which of the following events take place in this poem?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
The volcanoes are beginning to explode.
The falcon cannot hear the falconer.
The animals cannot find their way home.
The people cannot see the sun.
The tidal wave dashes the shore to pieces.
Why do you think that the author uses words like “blood-dimmed”, “anarchy,” and
“drowned innocence”?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
To give a happy tone to the poem
To give a sad tone to the poem
To give a menacing tone to the poem
To give a light-hearted tone to the poem
To give a proud tone to the poem
Section 5: Quantitative Math (2 minutes)
Find the quotient of 2.112 and 0.6.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
2.52
.349
3.52
4.118
2.47