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How to Approach Each
Question Type
IN THIS CHAPTER
Summary: Use these question-answering strategies to raise your AP score.Key Ideas
Multiple-Choice Questions
✪ Read the question carefully.
✪ Try to answer the question yourself before reading the answer choices.
✪ Guess if you can eliminate one or more answer choices.
✪ Remember that drawing a picture can help.
✪ Don’t spend too much time on any one question.
Free-Response Questions
✪ Write clearly and legibly.
✪ Be consistent from one part of your answer to another.
✪ Draw a graph if one is required.
✪ If the question can be answered with one word or number, don’t write more.
✪ Pay attention to the prompts.Section I: Multiple-Choice Questions
Because you are a seasoned student accustomed to the educational testing machine, you have
surely participated in more standardized tests than you care to count. You probably knowKEY IDEACHAPTER
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