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Speed Reading
Comprehension Test

Choose one answer for each question. Answer the questions based on the speed reading pre-test without referring back to the passage. After answering all of the questions, click the Click here button to calculate your comprehension score. Follow the instructions at the bottom of the page to find your ewpm rate.

Q1. What are two reasons readers read?
A enjoyment and boredom
B homework and boredom
C enjoyment and homework
Q2. Most reading leads to what?
A new information
B accomplishing a task
C improved reading speeds
Q3. What makes reading not a wasted activity?
A enjoyment
B comprehension
C finishing the text
Q4. How is reading speed measured?
A words per minute
B words per line
C effective per minute

Q5. A higher words per minute rate does NOT mean
A a faster reader
B higher comprehension
C more words read in a minute

Q6. Effective words per minute rate accounts for
A speed and comprehension
B comprehension only
C comprehension and understanding
Q7. How is comprehension measured?
A by how much is actually read
B through a feeling of what the reader understood
C as a percentage of the text that was understood
Q8. The average reader has a wpm of
A 160-200
B 850-100
C 200-400
Q9. How is real improvement in reading speed seen?
A an increased wpm rate
B an increased ewpm rate
C a higher comprehension percentage
Q10. Can reading speed be improved?
A No bad habits are already formed
B Yes by reading more
C Yes by practicing proper reading skills
Q11. What do readers need to recognize they have before they can improve?
A bad habits
B proper reading skills
C a low wpm rate
to calculate score.

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Effective Word Per Minute Rate

Multiply your wpm rate from the previous page by the comprehension percentage score from this page to find your effective words per minute rate.

Example: 250 wpm x 64% = 160 ewpm

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