Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 112 · Section 2 · Question 12

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Inference

The one idea it tests

Gather every clue about one kind of text: the passage gives two separate reasons it is hard.

The basic logic

Look for all mentions of that kind of text. One clue points to hard subject matter, another to hard wording and language. The supported answer includes both sources of difficulty.

Tiny words that decide it

“both”
“difficult”
“few”

Playground logic

Benny's go-kart plans are hard twice over: strange gear words and twisty coded sentences, plus engine ideas that code crackers are not trained to follow.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 7–14). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Treehouse Notebooks →

Step 3 · Try the model question

What does the passage hint about the club's coded go-kart plans?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 112, Section 2, Question 12 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 12 in your official copy and answer it first.

Scan the passage for every reference to the kind of text the stem names, including the closing paragraph. List each reason it is said to be hard or neglected. Pick the answer that the combined clues support, and avoid answers that compare it to other kinds of texts without support or invent facts about translations, schooling or authorship.