Introduction 1 Part I: Coming to Terms with Reality: An Overview of the ACT 7 Chapter 1: Getting Your ACT Together: ACT 101 9 Chapter 2: Succeeding on the ACT 15 Chapter 3: Surviving the College Admissions Process 19 Part II: Serving Your "Sentence": The English Test 25 Chapter 4: Mastering the English Test 27 Chapter 5: Getting a Grip on Grammar and Usage 33 Chapter 6: Spotting Usage Errors and Ripping Through Rhetorical Questions 43 Chapter 7: It's Not What You Say but How You Say It: English Practice Questions 59 Part III: Don't Count Yourself Out: The Math Test 65 Chapter 8: Number Nuts and Bolts 67 Chapter 9: More Figures than a Beauty Pageant: Geometry and Trig Review 87 Chapter 10: Algebra and Other Sleeping Aids 115 Chapter 11: Numb and Number: Acing the Mathematics Test 135 Chapter 12: More Fun than a Root Canal: Mathematics Practice Questions 145 Part IV: Time to Read the Riot ACT: The Reading Test 153 Chapter 13: This, Too, Shall Pass(age): Sailing through the Reading Test 155 Chapter 14: Where Are CliffsNotes When You Need Them? Reading Practice Questions 165 Part V: Studying Brain Defects in Laboratory Rats: The Science Test 173 Chapter 15: From Frankenstein to Einstein: Excelling on the Science Test 175 Chapter 16: Faking Atomic Ache Won't Get You Out of This: Science Practice Questions 187 Part VI: Writing Rightly: The Optional Writing Test 195 Chapter 17: What to Expect from the ACT Writing Test 197 Chapter 18: Excelling on Your Essay: The Writing Test Review 207 Chapter 19: Practicing Promptly with Practice Prompts: Essay Practice Questions 217 Part VII: Putting It All Together with Three Full-Length Practice ACTs 221 Chapter 20: Practice Exam 1 223 Chapter 21: Practice Exam 1: Answers and Explanations 269 Chapter 22: Practice Exam 2 309 Chapter 23: Practice Exam 2: Answers and Explanations 353 Chapter 24: Practice Exam 3 395 Chapter 25: Practice Exam 3: Answers and Explanations 441 Part VIII: The Part of Tens 489 Chapter 26: Ten Wrong Rumors about the ACT 491 Chapter 27: Attention, Parents! Ten Ways You Can Help Your Student Succeed on the ACT 495 Index 497.