Write Questions That Test Understanding
3 min readUpdated 22 Aug 2026Quizzes, Lessons
A good question checks whether the idea landed, not whether the reader remembers a sentence.
In Practice
Plausible wrong answersUse the mistakes people actually make.
Explain every answerSay why the right one is right and the others aren't.
No trick wordingAvoid "not" and "all of the above".