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Reading Comprehension · Detail (EXCEPT)

PrepTest 121 · Section 2 · Question 9

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 stated in the passage; the odd one out is not, often because it swaps who does what
The basic logic
Check each choice against the text and watch for a choice that pins one side's trait on the other side
Tiny words that decide it
  • “EXCEPT”
  • “affirms”
  • “rarely”

Playground logic

Most facts about the two clubs are right there in the kid passage. The odd one out flips the clubs: it gives Riverside a dream that belongs to Maple Street.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 6–12). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Two Chess Clubs, One Rulebook →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Every choice below is stated in the kid passage EXCEPT:

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 121, Section 2, Question 9 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 9 in your official copy and answer it first.

Flip the task: you are hunting for the one choice the passage does not say. Check each choice against the text, one line at a time. Pay extra attention to which side each trait belongs to, since a swapped subject is a common way the exception hides. Pick the choice the passage contradicts or never states.