SAT Reading Practice Test Questions-Literature based-Set 4

Questions 9-10 are based on the following passage.

She set out from Poughkeepsie early this morning a six-hour ride, but as they headed north, the snowstorm started, and the traffic slowed to a crawl. She kept checking her watch. There was time to spare. Her afternoon class Line 5 visit was scheduled for four. The presentation itself wouldn’t take place until evening. The talk she has prepared is one she will be delivering countless times this year, the centennial of her mother’s birth. It is academic, and uninspiring, and she knows it. Line 10 Other scholars can talk about Salome’s poetry and her pedagogy, but she, Camila, the only daughter, is supposed to shed a different light on the woman

9. The character’s actions in lines 3-4 (“She … watch”) primarily convey her

1. fear of traveling in storms
2. annoyance at having to make the trip
3. concern about arriving on schedule
4. eagerness to interact with her colleagues
5. excitement about delivering her speech

10. The “light” referred to in line 12 would most likely include

1. bibliographic information
2. direct literary citations
3. historical analyses
4. personal insights
5. scholarly critiques