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Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice Test

Build confidence with five focused 10-question practice sets for accessible reading, mathematics, science, data, communication, and everyday academic applications.

Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice sets

This Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets use clear directions and familiar situations to review reading, mathematics, science, data, communication, and everyday academic applications.

Skill areas covered

  • Reading directions, identifying main ideas, making inferences, using vocabulary, recognizing opinions, sequencing events, and finding evidence
  • Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, comparing numbers, using fractions, telling time, measuring, identifying shapes, and recognizing patterns
  • Observing living things, matter, magnets, light, shadows, heat, forces, weather, plants, and simple investigations
  • Reading charts, schedules, maps, graphs, time information, equal groups, safety directions, and practical measurement situations
  • Connecting reading, mathematics, science, communication, evidence, and review strategies in short accessible tasks

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Read each direction carefully, use visual or written information, allow appropriate accessibility supports, and review the explanation after answering.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice for Hawaii alternate assessment preparation. It is not an official assessment and does not reproduce secure test content. Assessment names, participation rules, formats, accommodations, and procedures can change, so check current Hawaii Department of Education guidance before test day.

Review the official Hawaii Department of Education testing information for current assessment guidance.

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Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice Questions

A 10-question Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice set on reading and communication, with answers and explanations.

Read or listen to each short task carefully, use the information given, choose the best answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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Correct 0
Incorrect 0
Unanswered 10
1. QuestionMultiple choice

A sign says Keep the door closed. What should a person do?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Close the door..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: The word Keep tells the reader to maintain the door in the closed position.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

The word Keep tells the reader to maintain the door in the closed position.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Malia packed an umbrella because dark clouds covered the sky. What can the reader infer?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is It may rain..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Dark clouds and an umbrella support the inference that rain may be coming.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Dark clouds and an umbrella support the inference that rain may be coming.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence gives the main idea of a paragraph about planting a garden?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Plants need care, water, and sunlight to grow..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: The sentence connects the main needs described in the paragraph.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

The sentence connects the main needs described in the paragraph.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which word means the opposite of early?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Late.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Late is the opposite of early.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Late is the opposite of early.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A story says a child practiced the piano every day and later played a song for the class. What lesson is supported?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Practice can help build a skill..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: The repeated practice and later performance support a lesson about improving through effort.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

The repeated practice and later performance support a lesson about improving through effort.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which detail best shows that a character is helpful?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Niko carries a classmates books to the classroom..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Carrying books for someone is an action that shows helpfulness.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Carrying books for someone is an action that shows helpfulness.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What does the word enormous mean in The enormous whale rose beside the boat?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Very large.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: The size of the whale is described as enormous, meaning very large.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

The size of the whale is described as enormous, meaning very large.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sentence is an opinion?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The new playground is the best place in town..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Best place in town expresses a judgment rather than a fact that can be directly checked.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Best place in town expresses a judgment rather than a fact that can be directly checked.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

A recipe says First wash the fruit, Next cut it, and Finally place it in a bowl. What text structure is used?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Sequence.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: The steps are arranged in the order they should happen.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

The steps are arranged in the order they should happen.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which action should a student take after reading a short passage?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Choose an answer supported by details in the passage..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Using details from the passage helps the student select an answer supported by evidence.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Using details from the passage helps the student select an answer supported by evidence.

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Frequently asked questions about Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice

What skills are covered?

The page covers accessible reading, communication, mathematics, science, data, measurement, directions, safety, and everyday academic applications.

How many questions are included?

There are five practice sets with 10 questions each, for 50 questions in total. Each set can be completed separately.

Are these official Hawaii alternate assessment questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions and do not reproduce secure assessment content. Check the Hawaii Department of Education for current participation rules, standards, accommodations, and procedures.