Huckleberry Finn Passage Analysis

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“Ready? Begin.” It was time for me to start the PSAT, we had already finished the very aggravating section of the test where it ask me all sorts of ridiculous question, such as my average grades and religious preference. That all seemed a little intrusive to me, why do they need anything more than my name, Huckleberry Finn seems plenty. Section one was a reading, I never was very good at reading. I was first asked to read a passage about some Spanish moss, which turned out to neither be Spanish nor moss, but I didn't have time to finish the passage before time was called so I filled in the bubbles as fast as I could before the proctor noticed.
Section two consisted of writing, I think, I was too busy daydreaming of being out in the forest

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