PrepTest 103 · Section 2 · Question 13

Pepper Stickers

The cafeteria manager announced a new plan. Each dish on the menu board outside the lunchroom would get pepper stickers: one pepper for mild, four peppers for fire-breathing. "Now nobody gets surprised by spicy food!" she said. Tommy, who had once eaten a four-pepper taco by accident and cried into his milk, cheered. Lulu raised her hand. "Um, does anybody actually look at the menu board? Most kids just run in and grab a tray." The manager paused. Priya added, "Your plan only works if kids read the stickers and notice them. If nobody looks, the peppers are wallpaper." Marcus said, "Maybe we need a sticker warning people to read the stickers." Everyone ignored him.

The cafeteria will put one to four pepper stickers beside each dish on the menu board outside the lunchroom, showing how spicy it is. The manager believes this will warn students about spicy dishes before they choose their lunch.

For the manager's belief to hold, which of these must be taken for granted?

The Case of the Invisible Sign

A trampoline park was sued after a guest bounced into the foam pit and lost a shoe forever. The park's lawyer said, "We posted a sign warning guests about the pit." Mr. Whitfield stood up. "Where was the sign?" "On the back wall, behind the snack machine." "And how many guests looked behind the snack machine?" Silence. Mr. Whitfield turned to the judge. "A sign can only warn people who read it. The park's plan assumed guests would see it. Nothing shows anyone did." The judge sighed. "Next time, counselor, maybe put the sign where the eyes are."