PSAT Reading Question 538: Answer and Explanation

Question: 538

The table after the passage is most helpful when quantifying the qualitative description given by which word in the passage?

• A. Collaborated, line 91
• B. Tremendous, line 95
• C. Neighboring, line 99
• D. Intercourse, line 103

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

(B) Line 95 discusses how a free trade agreement in 1988 caused a "tremendous" increase in trade between the U.S. and Canada. The data in this table show just how large that increase in trade was between the countries. The other options do not focus on quantitative changes but just on the overall relations between the two countries.