Introduction 1 Part 1: Coming to Terms with Reality: An Overview of the ACT 7 Chapter 1: Getting Your ACT Together: ACT 101 9 Chapter 2: Succeeding on the ACT 17 Chapter 3: Forming an ACT Study Plan 21 Part 2: Serving Your "Sentence": The English Test 27 Chapter 4: Mastering the English Test 29 Chapter 5: Getting a Grip on Grammar and Usage 35 Chapter 6: Spotting Usage Errors and Ripping through Rhetorical Questions 45 Chapter 7: It's Not What You Say but How You Say It: English Practice Questions 61 Part 3: Don't Count Yourself Out: The Math Test 69 Chapter 8: Numbers Nuts and Bolts 71 Chapter 9: Getting into Shapes: Geometry and Trig Review 95 Chapter 10: Algebra and Other Sleeping Aids 123 Chapter 11: Numb and Number: Acing the Mathematics Test 149 Chapter 12: More Fun than a Root Canal: Mathematics Practice Questions 159 Part 4: Time to Read the Riot ACT: The Reading Test 167 Chapter 13: This, Too, Shall Pass(age): Sailing through the Reading Test 169 Chapter 14: Where Are SparkNotes When You Need Them? Reading Practice Questions 179 Part 5: Studying Brain Defects in Laboratory Rats: The (Optional) Science Test 185 Chapter 15: From Frankenstein to Einstein: Excelling on the Optional Science Test 187 Chapter 16: Faking Atomic Ache Won't Get You out of This: Science Practice Questions 209 Part 6: Writing Rightly: The Optional Writing Test 219 Chapter 17: Excelling on Your Essay: The Writing Test Review 221 Chapter 18: Practicing Promptly with Practice Prompts: Essay Practice Questions 239 Part 7: Putting It All Together with a Full-Length Practice ACT 243 Chapter 19: Practice Exam 245 Chapter 20: Practice Exam: Answers and Explanations 287 Part 8: The Part of Tens 321 Chapter 21: Ten Wrong Rumors about the ACT 323 Chapter 22: Ten (or So) Ways You Can Help Your Child Succeed on the ACT 327 Index 329.