This research aims to identify the reading concept of the PAS-UEM Test, an instrument that allows the admission in the Higher Education at the Maringá State University. Specifically, it is intended to verify, to answer the proposed questions, the entrant must use the steps of the interactive reading process: reading, comprehension and interpretation. In order to accomplish it, analyse the Portuguese Language Test of PAS-UEM 2011, phase III that presents five multiple choices questions to be answer based in two texts of different genres. The results shows that more emphasis is given to questions related to grammar aspects, although it relies on the reading in order to be answered, the process of reading, comprehension and interpretation is not executed.