Intended for students taking the Grade 12 Diploma Examinations in English 33 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: "How to Set a World Record" (William Allen); "Andy Shaw" (Alden Nowlan); "Read It Over Slowly, Twice" (Glen Bontje); and excerpt from "Trifles" (Susan Glaspell); "In a Season of Calm Weather" (Ray Bradbury); "Wayman in the Workforce: Actively Seeking Employment" (Tom Wayman); an excerpt from "The Women" (Clare Boothe); "The Bird and the Machine" (Loren Eiseley); a letter that the student evaluates; and a letter and pamphlets about which the student answers questions. (SRT)