Otis-Lennon School Ability Test Exam Prep
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The OLSAT exam has 72 questions and runs 1 hour 15 minutes.

These 10 free OLSAT questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.

Domain 1: Verbal Comprehension

Question 1

Your teacher reads this aloud ONE time only, while you look at four pictures: "Mark the picture that shows a boy who is holding a ball and is NOT wearing a hat." Which picture should you mark?

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Correct answer: A - A boy with no hat, holding a ball

Question 2

Which word means the OPPOSITE of scarce?

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Correct answer: B - plentiful

Question 3

These words can be rearranged to make one correct sentence: small built a Devin robot Which word begins the sentence?

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Correct answer: D - Devin

Question 4

Which word best completes the sentence? Although the recipe looked ______, Nadia finished the cake in under an hour.

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Correct answer: D - complicated

Domain 2: Verbal Reasoning

Question 5

Petal is to flower as branch is to ______.

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Correct answer: A - tree

Question 6

In this letter matrix, the same rule works ACROSS each row and DOWN each column. B E G ? Which letter belongs where the question mark is?

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Correct answer: C - J

Question 7

Marcus read 24 pages on Monday. On Tuesday he read twice as many pages as he read on Monday. How many pages did he read ALTOGETHER on those two days?

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Correct answer: C - 72

Question 8

Bobby is shorter than Stewart. Reuben is shorter than Bobby. Which statement MUST be true?

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Correct answer: B - Stewart is taller than Reuben.

Question 9

Which word does NOT belong with the others?

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Correct answer: A - blueprint

Question 10

A debate must ALWAYS include ______.

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Correct answer: D - opposing positions

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