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Reading Comprehension · Detail (EXCEPT)

PrepTest 112 · Section 2 · Question 19

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Detail, EXCEPT
The one idea it tests
Four choices are in the passage; the answer is the one that is not.
The basic logic
Check each choice against the text. Anything in the overflow case or the shortage case counts as stated. The odd one out is never mentioned.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “EXCEPT”
  • “all”
  • “typically”

Playground logic

Extras going back, the yellow card going up, the helper keeping crayons, and kids asking families are all in Lulu's passage. Stickers never show up.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 15–20). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Card That Counts Crayons →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The kid passage mentions each of these as part of keeping the bin balanced EXCEPT:

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 112, Section 2, Question 19 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 19 in your official copy and answer it first.

Turn the stem into a hunt for four checkmarks. For each choice, find the sentence that states it, in either the rising case or the falling case. Remember that being stopped also counts as being mentioned. The one choice with no matching sentence is your answer.