Where can you find the Reading Comprehension level of a novel?

Question

Back in middle school, at the beginning of each year we took a placement test which descided your reading level. Then you were set a certain number of books to read from within your reading range and you had to take tests on them to get a certain number of points.. it was stupid.. but i always had a high placement to the point that my level and required number exceded the number of books within the range in the entire library and my teachers had to bring me books from the highschool library and sometimes lower my range..

Im not boasting this... cuz it just proves im a nerd.. im explaing this because now im reading a book thats soo difficult that its like french and latin.. i can get the basic idea of what french and latin texts are saying.. but verbatum i can't tell you what it says... if i hadn't read the script and saw the movie 'Pride and Prejudice'... i couldn't tell you what the crap is going on except for the basic jist of the chapter!!!

so i wanna know what its level is!!

let me point somethin out: i understand the storyline.. i understand the characters and the settings and everything... i just dont understand what the freak is going on! most or the words (for there are a few that i've never seen in my life) make perfect sense to me.. i understand their meanings... but in teh order they are arranged... MAKE NO FREAKING SENSE!

and for my sake.. is profligacy even a real word? cuz i've never seen, heard, or thought that word ever in my entire life.. which is understandable.. but makes me feel really dumb.. i've been doing that alot lately.. sadly.

Answer 1

Pride and prejudice is not a particularly difficult book. It's in the beginning of the "literature" range. Tougher than popular literature, such as Stephen King, but easy compared to Dostoevsky and butter compared to Kant.
Keep reading. It will make more sense as you go on - same for French and Latin.

Answer 2

If you type a few paragraphs into microsoft word, do a spell check, afterwards Word will tell you what the reading level statistics are.