Participants in the ISEE Upper Level are given two hours and 40 minutes total to complete the exam. The exam consists of five sections, covering the general subjects that students will need proficiency in to be successful in high school. The questions on the verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, reading comprehension and mathematics achievement sections of the ISEE Upper Level are multiple choice with four choices for each question. Each section has a different number of total questions and a different time length allocated to it. The format breakdown is as follows: Verbal Reasoning: 40 questions and 20 minutes Vocabulary questions including an abstract word and four potential choices to define it Sentence completion questions that contain a sentence and a missing word or phrase with potential choices to fill the blank space Quantitative Reasoning: 37 questions and 35 minutes Various word problems Reading Comprehension: 36 questions and 35 minutes A passage and corresponding questions related to it Mathematics Achievement: 47 questions and 40 minutes Mathematics problems with potential choices of solutions Essay: One essay and 30 minutes A grade-level appropriate prompt for participants to write a response to. This section is not graded as the others are, but sent directly to the school to which the participant is applying.