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Reading Comprehension · Function

PrepTest 121 · Section 2 · Question 3

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Function (detail)
The one idea it tests
A detail's job comes from the paragraph claim it supports
The basic logic
Find the paragraph's main claim about the thing being described, then ask how this one detail backs that claim
Tiny words that decide it
  • “can lead”
  • “eventually”

Playground logic

When the passage says one giant table finally gives up and scatters, that detail shows the two-table room has a shaky side, which fits the old view of it.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–5). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Lunchroom Puzzle →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The kid passage mentions that one giant table 'gives up and scatters' most likely in order to

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 121, Section 2, Question 3 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 3 in your official copy and answer it first.

Go back to the cited sentence and read the paragraph it sits in. Name that paragraph's claim about the setup it describes. Ask which choice explains how the detail backs that claim. Drop choices that pull in a different paragraph's setup or give the detail a job the paragraph never assigns it.