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HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE
QUESTIONS 2025–2026 – COMPLETE EXAM
REVIEW WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
"About the author" - Correct Answer--Asks about author's
attitudes, thoughts, and opinions
-Pay attention to context clues
-Answer will not be displayed explicitly but conveyed in the
overall message
"Passage facts" - Correct Answer--Distinguish between facts
and opinions
-Identify information supplied by author
"Additional information" - Correct Answer--Look for what
kind of information could be added or missing from passage
-Asks what direction the passage was going
-Asks what statement could be added to strengthen/weaken
the author's statement
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-Provide fill in the blank option to include a statement that is
missing (but fits) with the passage
Strategies - Correct Answer--Read answers first, then the
passage
-Use process of elimination
-Avoid negative statements
Main idea - Correct Answer--The purpose behind why a
writer would choose to write a book, article, story, etc.
-What the author is asserting about a specific issue
Topic - Correct Answer-Person, place, thing, or issue
Theme - Correct Answer-Idea or concept that the author
refers back to frequently
Major indicators of the main idea of a paragraph - Correct
Answer--It is a general idea and applies to more specific ideas
in the passage
-It asserts a specific viewpoint that the author supports; "takes
a stand"
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HESI A2 READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE
QUESTIONS 2025–2026 – COMPLETE EXAM
REVIEW WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
"About the author" - Correct Answer--Asks about author's
attitudes, thoughts, and opinions
-Pay attention to context clues
-Answer will not be displayed explicitly but conveyed in the
overall message
"Passage facts" - Correct Answer--Distinguish between facts
and opinions
-Identify information supplied by author
"Additional information" - Correct Answer--Look for what
kind of information could be added or missing from passage
-Asks what direction the passage was going
-Asks what statement could be added to strengthen/weaken
the author's statement
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, 2
-Provide fill in the blank option to include a statement that is
missing (but fits) with the passage
Strategies - Correct Answer--Read answers first, then the
passage
-Use process of elimination
-Avoid negative statements
Main idea - Correct Answer--The purpose behind why a
writer would choose to write a book, article, story, etc.
-What the author is asserting about a specific issue
Topic - Correct Answer-Person, place, thing, or issue
Theme - Correct Answer-Idea or concept that the author
refers back to frequently
Major indicators of the main idea of a paragraph - Correct
Answer--It is a general idea and applies to more specific ideas
in the passage
-It asserts a specific viewpoint that the author supports; "takes
a stand"
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