Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Examination in English 30 in Alberta, Canada, this reading test (to be administered along with the questions booklet) contains 10 short reading selections taken from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama, including the following: an excerpt from "Where Did You Go?""Out." (Robert Paul Smith); "Lines on Young Lady's Photograph Album" (Philip Larkin); an excerpt from "Nicholas Nickleby" (Charles Dickens); "Snakeroot" (Gary Geddes); an excerpt from "Henry IV: Part 2" (William Shakespeare); an excerpt from "Bonjour, La, Bonjour: No.28 Trio" (Michel Tremblay); an excerpt from "In the Land of Dreamy Dreams" (Ellen Gilchrist); "War Preparers Anonymous" (Kurt Vonnegut); "How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird" (Jaques Prevert); and "Plastic World" (Ellen Goodman). (EL)