Intended for students taking the Grade 9 Language Arts Achievement Test in Alberta, Canada, this reading test contains 65 multiple choice test items related to the eight selections in the reading booklet and to a cartoon and four additional reading selections within this booklet. The questions examine the student's skills in (1) understanding meaning, (2) understanding and interpreting the relationship between form and content, and (3) understanding and interpreting human experience and values as expressed through literature. (SRT)