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Reading Strategies for College and Everyday Life 
Second Edition 
By Brenda D. Smith 
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L
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Second Edition 
By Brenda D. Smith and Laura Courtney Headley 
 
prepared by 
Linda L. Arthur, Ph.D. 
Georgia Southern University 
 
Durelle Tuggle, M.Ed. 
Georgia Southern University 
 
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Test Bank
to accompany Smith, 
The Reader’s Handbook: Reading Strategies for College and Everyday Life, 
Second 
Edition and Smith/Headley, 
The Lifelong Reader, 
Second Edition 
Copyright ©2004 Pearson Education, Inc. 
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Instructors may reproduce portions of this book for 
classroom use only. All other reproductions are strictly prohibited without prior permission of the publisher, except 
in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. 
ISBN: 0-321-10416-1 
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Chapter Review Tests
Preface .....................................................................................................................v 
Chapter 1: The Reading Process.............................................................................1 
Chapter 2: Vocabulary...........................................................................................5 
Chapter 3: Main Idea .............................................................................................9 
Chapter 4: Details and Organizational Patterns...................................................15 
Chapter 5: Inference.............................................................................................19 
Chapter 6: Point of View .....................................................................................23 
Chapter 7: Critical Thinking................................................................................31 
Chapter 8: Reading Rate......................................................................................35 
Chapter 9: Techniques for Remembering Textbook Information........................43 
Chapter 10: Reading in the Humanities................................................................47 
Chapter 11: Reading Literature, Poetry, and Drama.............................................51 
Chapter 12: Reading in the Social Sciences .........................................................53 
Chapter 13: Reading in the Life and Natural Sciences .........................................61 
Chapter 14: Reading in Mathematics and Computer Sciences.............................67 
Chapter 15: Reading in the Business Disciplines .................................................71 
Chapter 16: Reading Vocational and Technical Material.....................................75 
Chapter 17: Reading in the World ........................................................................81 
Chapter 18: Reading Print Media .........................................................................85 
Chapter 19: Reading Electronic Media.................................................................89 
 
Chapter 20: Reading Contemporary Fiction and Nonfiction................................93 

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Chapter 21: Reading Graphs...............................................................................101 
Chapter 22: Reading in the Workplace...............................................................111 
Chapter 23: Reading Personal Mail ....................................................................115 
Chapter 24: Reading Reference Works and Scholarly Articles..........................119