Do you remember taking the SAT? Well it's changed—a lot—and the days of just showing-up and taking it without any preparation are long gone. Today's SAT is a high-stakes, high-stress event for parents and their high school students. Why? Because many colleges have increased their average score requirements for admission, and at the same time, the SAT has gotten more complex. Don't believe us? Take the sample test below to experience it for yourself.

About the SAT Parent Challenge
The SAT Parent Challenge is a 12-question quiz created to give parents the opportunity to test their academic acumen, and to experience—if only for 15 minutes—some of the challenges your kids will face when they take the actual, nearly four-hour SAT college entrance exam. Just as importantly, we hope it will serve as a tool you can use to encourage your children to prepare for these tests ("If you do it, I'll do it"), and introduce them to effective techniques to score their best on college admissions exams.

Warning: By taking this quiz, parents and their children could move from adversaries to allies as they face the stress and tension of the college admission process. That's why we encourage parents to consider taking the Challenge alongside their children and working through the experience together.

Take A Deep Breath. It's Time to Take the Quiz
The quiz is comprised of 12 questions. To simulate the timing of the real SAT, try to spend no more than one minute on each question. Once you've finished, complete the registration form at the end to receive your score from The Princeton Review, along with strategies you could have used to improve your performance. Note: You MUST complete the SAT Parent Challenge in its entirety to receive your results, so if you really get stuck, remember that it's better to guess than to leave a question blank.

    Critical Reading Questions

    Sentence Completions

    For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and fill in the corresponding circle.
  1. Filmmaking is a ------- effort, since the director, cinematographer, writer, editor, and many others must work together to produce a movie.
  2. Considering the strength of her earlier ------- the legislation, the senator's decision to vote for the bill was -------, even shocking.

    3. Reading Comprehension

    Choose the best answer to each question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.

    The haiku's relative simplicity explains its popular use worldwide as a means to introduce young children to poetry. The brief Japanese poem consists of three lines with a set number of syllables for each line. But the form is not as simple as it seems. The poem must also describe a single event taking place in the present, as well as make reference to the four seasons. Although a haiku can seem timeless, its reference to the changes in nature serves to indirectly highlight the ephemeral quality of life.
  3. Which one of the following best describes a contrast made in the passage?
  4. The author most likely views the haiku as

    5. Math Questions

    Solve each problem and choose the best answer from among the choices given.
  5. If set A consists of all the nonnegative even integers less than 12, then how many elements are in set A?
  6. A dress that originally sold for $120 is now selling for $96. By what percent was the original price of the dress discounted?
  7. The figure above is composed of two rectangles. If AB = 8 and AC = 9, what is the perimeter of the figure?
  8. The sum of two consecutive even integers is n. What is the sum of the next two consecutive integers greater than n?

    9. Writing Questions

    Improving Sentences

    The answer choices offer five ways of phrasing the underlined materials. Choice A repeats the original phrasing. The other four choices are different. Choose the best and most effective expression of the original sentence, keeping in mind the requirements of Standard Written English, including common grammar rules, clear word choice, simplest sentence construction and precise punctuation.
  9. Some families avoid cable television because they fear that seeing a movie could be harmful to a young child which depicts excessive violence.
  10. Extracurricular activities, test scores, and grade point average, the relative importance of which differs from school to school, is the basis of the typical college application.

    11. Error Identification

    The following sentences test your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors in Standard Written English. Each sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. The error, if there is one, is underlined. If the sentence contains an error, select the answer choice that identifies the error which should be corrected. If the sentence is correct, select choice E.
  11. Like many writers, Arundhati Roy's stories about the contradictions of post-colonial society balance the author's personal views with those of an entire culture.
  12. The recently lowered rental rates have allowed my partner and me to lease a larger office for our business.
    13. You've now completed the SAT Parent Challenge! Please proceed to the registration portion of this quiz to receive your results.

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