ACT Passage Matrix
ACT Test A
Test Name
ACT Exam A, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – “Gaspar
Ruiz: A Romantic Tale”
ACT Exam A, Passage 2 Social Studies – Topic:
America’s Readiness After 9/11
ACT Exam A, Passage 3 Humanities – “The
Parisian Stage”
ACT Exam A, Passage 4 Natural Science – “The
Health Effects of Caffeine”
20142015
20132014
20122013
20112012
20102011
Test
Number
118407
96073
68197
32372
17162
118408
96062
68198
32373
17165
118409
95818
68203
32374
17174
118410
95819
68204
32375
17198
Suggested
Grade/Cours
e
Scaffolding
Activities
English 11
American
History
Drama
x
Health/Chemis
try/Biology
x
English 11
Health/Govern
ment
Drama
Profundity
ACT Test B
Test Name
ACT Exam B, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – “The Egg”
ACT Exam B, Passage 2 Social Studies –
“Characteristics of the Abusive Situation”
ACT Exam B, Passage 3 Humanities – Topic:
Effects of The War of the Worlds Dramatization
ACT Exam B, Passage 4 Natural Science –Topic:
Settlements in Outer Space
118411
95820
68206
32376
Test
Number
17218
118412
95821
68208
32364
17219
118413
95823
68209
32365
17221
118414
95825
68211
32366
17222
Physics/Earth
Science/
Biology/Astr
onomy
ACT Test C
Test Name
ACT Exam C, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – The Rise
of Silas Lapham
ACT Exam C, Passage 2 Social Studies –Topic:
Anthropological Method
ACT Exam C, Passage 3 Humanities – Topic:
House Beautiful
ACT Exam C, Passage 4 Natural Science – Life on
the Mississippi
Test
Number
English 10
118416
95827
68212
32370
17285
118417
95828
68213
32367
17282
118419
95829
68223
32369
17284
World History
English 11
118420
95830
68216
32368
17283
ACT Test D
Test Name
Test
Number
Biology/Enviro
nmental
Science
x
ACT Exam D, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – “Football
Failures”
ACT Exam D, Passage 2 Social Studies –
“American Influences Abroad”
ACT Exam D, Passage 3 Humanities – “Michael
Nyman: Minimalist Composer”
ACT Exam D, Passage 4 Natural Science – “The
Eating Habits of Related Primates”
English 9
118422
95831
68280
32097
18190
118424
95832
68281
32098
18192
118425
95833
68284
32363
17360
118426
95834
68286
32092
18194
American
History/
Global Studies
Music/Band
Biology/Health
ACT Test E
Test Name
ACT Exam E, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – “Silence:
A Story of Courage and Healing”
ACT Exam E, Passage 2 Social Studies – Topic:
Liquid Natural Gas
ACT Exam E, Passage 3 Humanities – Memoirs of
Mary Robinson
ACT Exam E, Passage 4 Natural Science – “El
Nino: A Meteorological Enigma”
Test
Number
English 11
118427
95835
68287
32091
18193
118428
95836
68289
32093
18222
118429
95837
68290
32059
9139
Economics
English
118430
95838
71302
32099
18226
Biology/Earth
Science/
Environmental
Science
ACT Test F
Test Name
ACT Exam F, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – “The
Summer Sandwich Club”
ACT Exam F, Passage 2 Social Studies – “Defining
the Poverty Line”
ACT Exam F, Passage 3 Humanities – “Artistic
Styles Explored”
ACT Exam F, Passage 4 Natural Science – Topic:
A Disease Detrimental to Certain Trees
Test
Number
English 9
118431
95839
68326
32096
18236
118432
95840
68329
32094
18233
118433
95841
68333
32082
11620
118434
95843
68336
32083
11627
American
History
Art/History/Ba
nd/Drama/M
usic
Ecology
ACT Test G
Test Name
ACT Exam G, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – The Story
of a Bad Boy
ACT Exam G, Passage 2 Social Studies – “A Cure
for Polio”
Test
Number
English 10
118435
118436
95844
95845
68338
68341
32084
32095
11638
18235
American
History/
World Studies
Profundity
ACT Exam G, Passage 3 Humanities – “J.R.R.
Tolkien and Me”
ACT Exam G, Passage 4 Natural Science – “A
Short History of Homeopathy”
Drama/English
118437
95846
71303
32085
11643
118438
95847
71310
32086
11648
Biology/Health
/Chemistry
ACT Test H
Test Name
ACT Exam H, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – “Extreme
Dad”
ACT Exam H, Passage 2 Social Studies – “Adam
Smith and the ‘Invisible Hand’ Doctrine”
ACT Exam H, Passage 3 Humanities – “Colorful
Reflections on Fairfield Porter”
ACT Exam H, Passage 4 Natural Science – Topic:
Dark Matter in the Universe
Test
Number
English 9
118439
95848
68345
32087
11654
118440
95849
68347
32090
10143
118441
95850
68350
32088
11660
118442
95851
68353
32089
11663
68361
32066
Test
Number
11674
68363
32117
(old
DD
versi
on)
11676
Profundity
American
History
Drama/ELA/H
umanities
Physics/Astro
nomy/
Earth Science
ACT Test I
Test Name
ACT Exam I, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – Jane Eyre
ACT Exam I, Passage 2 Social Studies – “Julius
Caesar and the Fall of the Roman Republic”
118443
118444
95985
95989
English 11
World History
Grade 9
ACT Exam I, Passage 3 Humanities – Topic:
Visiting the House of the Seven Gables
ACT Exam I, Passage 4 Natural Science –
“Heredity and Gene-linkage: A Possible
Relationship”
118446
95997
68365
32068
11680
Genetics/Biolo
gy
118447
95999
68367
32069
11690
ACT Test J
Test Name
ACT Exam J, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – The Heart
of Darkness
ACT Exam J, Passage 2 Social Studies –
“Abraham Lincoln and the American Republic”
Test
Number
English 11
118448
96003
68368
32070
11692
118449
96005
68369
32071
11695
American
History
Profundity
Grade 10
ACT Exam J, Passage 3 Humanities – “Mythology
of the Chinese Zodiac”
ACT Exam J, Passage 4 Natural Science –
“Michigan’s Beloved Songbird”
118450
118451
96007
96014
68370
68371
32122
(old
DD
versi
on)
32057
11697
11706
Ecology/Biolo
gy/
Environment
al Science
ACT Test K
Test Name
ACT Exam K, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – “Moving
Day”
ACT Exam K, Passage 2 Social Studies – Topic:
How Happiness May Be Determined by Science
ACT Exam K, Passage 3 Humanities – “Tennessee
Williams: Celebrated Southern Gothic Writer”
ACT Exam K, Passage 4 Natural Science – “The
Armored Armadillo”
Test
Number
English 9
118452
96021
68372
32058
11711
118453
96022
68373
32073
11716
118454
96027
68374
32074
11719
Profundity
Psychology
Grade 11
118455
96028
68376
32075
11720
Biology/Enviro
nmental
Science
x
English 9
Profundity
ACT Test L
Test Name
ACT Exam L, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – Short
Story by Tristan Ivory
ACT Exam L, Passage 2 Social Studies – “Lewis
and Clark Go West”
ACT Exam L, Passage 3 Humanities – The Nature
of Goodness
ACT Exam L, Passage 4 Natural Science – Topic:
The Coqui Tree Frog in Hawaii
Test
Number
118456
96029
68377
32076
11725
118457
96030
68378
32077
11726
118468
96031
68379
32078
11751
118469
96032
68380
32079
11762
American
History
Psychology/S
ociology
Biology/Ecolo
gy/Chemistr
y
ACT Test M
Test Name
ACT Exam M, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – “The
Lessons of Wilderness Living”
ACT Exam M, Passage 2 Social Studies – The
American Republic
Test
Number
English 10
118470
96033
68382
32080
11762
118471
96034
68385
32081
11764
Civics/World
Studies
ACT Exam M, Passage 3 Humanities – “The Táin
Bó Culainge: Early Irish Epic”
ACT Exam M, Passage 4 Natural Science – “The
Great Pyramid at Giza: Its Composition and
Structure”
118472
96035
68387
32060
11776
118474
96036
68389
32061
11778
World
History/Hum
anities
Chemistry/Ear
th Science
ACT Test N
Test Name
ACT Exam N, Passage 1 Prose Fiction – What Katy
Did
ACT Exam N, Passage 2 Social Studies – “The
Gunpowder Plot”
ACT Exam N, Passage 3 Humanities – “William
Faulkner: Great Southern Author”
ACT Exam N, Passage 4 Natural Science – “Those
Jellystone Bears”
Test
Number
English 10
118478
96037
68391
32062
11783
118479
96038
68393
32063
11786
118480
96040
68395
32064
11789
118482
96042
68397
32065
11793
ACT Pre-Reading Test
Test Name
ACT Pre-Reading Test
2014-2015
118484
2013-2014
96045
Global
Studies/Worl
d History
English 10
Ecology/Biolo
gy/
2012-2013
68400
2011-2012
x
2009-2010
32379
2010-2011
Test
Number
17374
32380
Test
Number
17381
Test
Number
6831
32381
32535
32382
32383
Test
Number
17450
18545
17469
17478
Test
Number
13541
13545
13546
13548
Test
Number
6830
ACT Post-Reading Test
Test Name
ACT Post-Reading Test
118485
96048
68401
Full Length ACT Practice Test
Test Name
ACT English Test
ACT Math Test
ACT Reading Test
ACT Science
118486
118487
118488
118489
96051
96053
96057
96080
68602
68604
68605
68608