If you’ve started to answer a question but get confused, quit and go on to the
next question. Persistence might pay off in high school, but it usually hurts
your SAT subject test scores. Don’t spend so much time answering one hard
question that you use up three or four questions’ worth of time. That’ll cost
you points, especially if you don’t even get the hard question right.
LEAP AHEAD
You should do the questions in the order that’s best for you. Don’t
pass up the opportunity to score easy points by wasting time on hard
questions. Skip hard questions until you’ve gone through every
question once. Come back to them later.