Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Examinations in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test (to be administered along with a questions booklet) includes the following nine short selections taken from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama: "The Biggest Liar in the World" (Harry Mark Petrakis); "Victorian Grandmother" (Margo Lockwood); an excerpt from "Timon of Athens" (William Shakespeare); an excerpt from "The Chalk Garden" (Enid Bagnold); "The Puritan Ethic" (James A. Michener); an excerpt from "Sunday Afternoon" (Alice Munro); "To Certain Friends" (F.R. Scott); "The Catfish" (Jack Matthews); and an excerpt from "Travels with Charley" (John Steinbeck). (ARH)