Logical Reasoning · Most Strongly Supported
PrepTest 108 · Section 2 · Question 7
Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.
Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first
- “even”
- “however”
- “not all”
Playground logic
Owen stops any line-cutter, even pushy sixth graders. He lets the sticker-giving second graders stand near him, and sixth graders love to grab their snacks. Put it in the lunchbox together: second graders near Owen probably lose fewer snacks.
Step 2 · The kid story
Owen, Guardian of the Lunch Line
Owen is lunch line monitor. When a big kid tries to cut in, Owen steps in front of them with his arms crossed. Even the pushiest sixth graders back off. But Owen doesn't shoo away everyone. The second graders who bring him shiny stickers get to stand right next to him in line. Now, the sixth graders love to grab second graders' cookies. Lulu, a second grader herself, writes on her clipboard: Stand near Owen = cookies safe? Marcus says, "So Owen must love stickers more than anything in the world!" Priya shakes her head. "We don't know that. What we do know is simple: second graders standing near Owen probably keep more cookies than second graders who stand far away."
Step 3 · Try the model question
Owen drives off any big kid who cuts the lunch line, even pushy sixth graders. Second graders who give him stickers are allowed to stand right beside him. Sixth graders often grab second graders' cookies.
Which one of the following is best backed up by the facts given?
Step 4 · The courtroom tale
The Case of the Guarded Garden Stand
A farmer sued a neighbor over stolen pumpkins. The witness, a security guard, testified. "Your Honor, I chase off every thief near the market, even the bold ones. I don't chase off everyone, though. The flower seller pays me in roses, so she sets up right by my post." The farmer's lawyer said, "Thieves love her flowers." Mr. Whitfield nodded. "Then, Your Honor, it follows that her stand is less likely to be robbed than stands far from the guard. That's what the facts support, and nothing grander." The judge agreed. "We can't say why she pays in roses. We can say her spot is safer."
Step 5 · Work the real question
Open PrepTest 108, Section 2, Question 7 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.
Your answer
How to apply it
List the facts in order: who drives off whom, who is allowed to stay close, and who targets whom. Then chain them. Use the Lunchbox Rule: the right answer combines facts already given, with no new information. Prefer the modest conclusion that comes straight from the chain. Reject choices that need facts outside the passage or that speak in words stronger than the facts allow.