She erased nothing. Instead, she drew a small star next to the question and wrote in the margin: “B. Dependent. Because success depends on an existing ability, not a future condition.”

Question forty-seven.

She flipped it over. Parts one through five were standard: synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion. She moved quickly, her pen scratching confident answers. Then she reached the final section. Alcpt Form 64

Elena snorted. “That’s a myth, Kim. Tests don’t have typos.” She erased nothing

Question forty-seven stared back at her. 47. The project’s success was ______ on the team’s ability to adapt. A) contingent B) dependent C) reliant D) incidental Elena blinked. Contingent, dependent, and reliant were all synonyms. All three worked grammatically. Incidental was clearly wrong. But the test allowed only one bubble. Because success depends on an existing ability, not

Elena smiled, poured herself a fresh cup of coffee, and burned the memory of that test from her mind forever.

Alcpt Form 64 ⇒

She erased nothing. Instead, she drew a small star next to the question and wrote in the margin: “B. Dependent. Because success depends on an existing ability, not a future condition.”

Question forty-seven.

She flipped it over. Parts one through five were standard: synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion. She moved quickly, her pen scratching confident answers. Then she reached the final section.

Elena snorted. “That’s a myth, Kim. Tests don’t have typos.”

Elena smiled, poured herself a fresh cup of coffee, and burned the memory of that test from her mind forever.