Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Examination in English 33 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test (to be administered along with the questions booklet) contains 8 short reading selections taken from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama, including the following: an excerpt from "Circus Nerves" (Eric Nicol); "Follower" (Seamus Heaney); an excerpt from "Bad Seed" (Maxwell Anderson); six short nonfiction selections: "The Highway" (Ray Bradbury); "The Thrushes Do Not Die Out" (Walter Bauer); an evaluation request and letter written in response to it; sample memos and sales ads; and "Fall in a Day's Work" (Audrey Grescoe). (EL)