Designed to provide an experience as close as possible to the actual assessment, this paper presents the revised model of assessment in reading for the Michigan High School Test (HST). The revisions incorporated into the paper reflect the testing transition from the High School Proficiency Test to the HST. The first part of the paper presents reading selections and multiple choice questions on the theme of whether understanding similarities and differences among people influence one's behavior. The second part asks students to write an extended response related to the reading selections in Part One. A scoring guide used to score all written responses to the HST and an answer key for the multiple choice questions are attached. (RS)