ACT Prac Test with prep notes

1 1Conan Doyle sent a copy of one of the photographsto his friend Harry Houdini, the famous magician andescape artist. Houdini, who devoted considerable effortto exposing hoaxes involving spiritualism and wasskeptical about the existence of supernatural beings.When Houdini remained unconvinced by the evidence,Conan Doyle became angry. Though the tworemained cordial, but their friendship was damageddue to the fact that they had the disagreement.Some sixty years later, an elderly Frances Griffiths56publicly admitted that her and her cousin had stagedthe photographs as a practical joke. Shortly after herrevelation, computer enhancement revealed the hatpinsthat were used to prop up the cardboard-cutout fairies.585455Scientific analysis, since photography was a new art,finally closed the Case of the Trick Photographs.5759525352. F. NO CHANGEG. spiritualism, beingH. spiritualism, wasJ. spiritualism and53. If the writer were to delete the preceding sentence, theparagraph would primarily lose:A. details that provide an explanation for the friendshipbetween Conan Doyle and Houdini.B. information that helps set the stage for what happensnext in the essay.C. a description of the reasons behind Houdini’sskepticism about the supernatural.D. nothing at all, since this sentence provides irrelevantinformation.54. F. NO CHANGEG. cordial andH. cordial thatJ. cordial,55. A. NO CHANGEB. because of the fact that they had aC. due to the fact of theirD. by the56. F. NO CHANGEG. (Do NOT begin new paragraph) After someH. (Begin new paragraph) Since someJ. (Begin new paragraph) Some57. A. NO CHANGEB. her cousin and herselfC. she and her cousinD. her cousin and her58. Which of the following alternatives to the underlinedportion would NOT be acceptable?F. that had been usedG. the girls usedH. usingJ. used59. Which choice would best tie the conclusion of thisessay to its opening sentence?A. NO CHANGEB. of the kind a modern-day Sherlock Holmes mightuse,C. which the great Houdini himself would haveappreciated,D. a methodology that was still in its infancy,ACT-61C-PRACTICE22GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.