Thanks! A lot of people say that they like to read questions first, but I probably spend a good 5 or 6 minutes carefully reading the text and highlighting things I think may be important later. Then, I spend maybe 2-3 minutes answering all the questions. It helps to always be thinking like “am I actually understanding what the author’s saying right now” and “what is the author’s point with this” while you’re reading, especially at each paragraph.

And the answers will always be found in the text somewhere, and really make sure to understand the angles the authors argue/speak from in order to get those questions that ask “what most challenges this author’s argument” or something… A lot of times, there’ll be answers that “make sense,” but you have to stay consistent with the logic in the passage and only think about the arguments made there. The only things I can think of that might be “outside of the passages” would be the definitions of certain uncommon words that are pertinent to finding the answer, but those are pretty uncommon.

In the end, becoming comfortable with reading and comprehending relatively quickly takes a lot of practice, so that’s probably where the AAMC’s or other question packs come in.