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Here is more GED reading practice…another practice question to help with your GED studying. The questions I’m using are from the Study Guide Zone, which has a big, long text, questions, and answers…what’s missing for me is the explanations of why the answers are really right…I mean, how do I know? How do I get there? The explanations are just a little sentence, and I need more than that. So I’ve put together how to think through the question to get to the answer…That’s what helps on the GED test.

This question is on the same part of the GED reading passage as the last question. And here it is:

At the time that the Declaration of Independence was issued, many colonists were opposed to complete separation from England. Many of them still considered themselves Englishmen, and were afraid to be branded as traitors. They also realized that they were in uncharted waters: no revolt had ever been successful in winning independence. Finally, many colonists feared that even if they were successful in winning independence, the result would be chaos in America. The minds of many of these reluctant colonists were changed, however, by the Battle of Bunker Hill, which was won by the British. After this battle, King George II declared that the colonists were in a state of rebellion. Furthermore, the British labeled the members of the Second Continental Congress as traitors, and ignored the Olive Branch petition. Confused colonists were further inflamed by the British use of Hessian mercenary soldiers. The writings of Thomas Paine also converted many colonists to the revolutionary cause.

And here’s the GED practice question:

6. Which of the following is NOT a reason why some colonists were reluctant to declare independence?
A: the issue of slavery had not been resolved
B: they felt an independent America would descend into chaos
C: they were aware of the fact that no such rebellion had ever been successful
D: they still considered themselves Englishmen

Do you get the right answer right away? This question wants to know if you understand what the text is saying…but instead of asking you what’s in the text, it asks you what ISN’T in the text. What’s NOT a reason people didn’t want to rebel? You have to find which reasons ARE in the reading, and then eliminate them as answers.

At the beginning of the paragraph, it gives reasons why people didn’t want to rebel. It says:

Many of them still considered themselves Englishmen, and were afraid to be branded as traitors.

Well, that’s the same as answer D, so answer D is not correct. Then it says…

They also realized that they were in uncharted waters: no revolt had ever been successful in winning independence.

And that’s the same as answer C, so answer C is not correct. The next sentence says…

Finally, many colonists feared that even if they were successful in winning independence, the result would be chaos in America.

That’s the same as answer B. The reading gives three reasons people didn’t really want to rebel against England, answers B, C, and D. So the one that’s NOT a reason must be answer A, the one about slavery. If you can find the area of the text that talks about the question, it’s not too hard to figure out the answer!

Good GED studying!

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