Reading is a complicated cognitive procedure of deciphering symbols to create meaning. It's a complicated relationship that the reader has with the text and is lead by a reader's previous knowledge, experiences, attitude, and culture. Second language (L2) reading comprehension is perhaps a more complicated procedure and there's a need to ensure that L2 reading comprehension is being properly and accurately assessed. Currently, there are several different authentic assessment methods in practice (i.e. Author, 2015), but most others are similar in nature and used for similar purposed. This article offers a brief introduction and an objective discussion regarding the strengths and weaknesses of three of the most common methods to assessing reading comprehension: the multiple-choice test, the written recall method, and cloze reading tests.