Besides considering the type of test formats in the assessment of reading, the test constructers or users needed to give careful thought to the assessment method. These variable test formats, which included summary writing, open- ended (short-answer) questions, multiple-choice questions (MCQ), oral recall and written recall (Ozuru et al., 2007; Hudson, 2007; Meyer, 2003; Alderson, 2000), could be applied to assess reading performance on students of a text. Each format had its own advantages and disadvantages but for the purpose of this paper only two test formats that were, summary writing and open ended questions were taken into consideration.