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Reading topic

Detail

Locate specific information stated in the passage.

Practice this topic

The bank includes 51 questions on detail: 41 easy, 10 medium, 0 hard.

Why this question type matters on the HSAT

The HSAT Reading section has 40 questions in 30 minutes. The mix is roughly even across question types, so detail questions appear on every test. Strong students do not over-study any one type; they make sure no type is a glaring weakness.

Detail questions look easy but cost time. Locate the relevant lines, paraphrase what they say, then pick the closest match.

Topics are aligned to 8th-grade Common Core standards. The actual CPS HSAT covers slightly more than these buckets but the core mix is the same.