Reading Comprehension · Function

PrepTest 121 · Section 3 · Question 4

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Function

The one idea it tests

Ask why a detail is placed where it is, not what it says.

The basic logic

See what the detail rules out and what comes right after it. A fact that closes one door often sets up the next paragraph's explanation.

Tiny words that decide it

“curiously”
“however”
“primarily”

Playground logic

The dark locked closet knocks out 'just for fun,' which clears the way for the luck explanation in the next paragraph.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–5). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Mystery of the Comets' Cheer Cards →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The author mentions that the cards were kept in a dark, locked closet mainly in order to

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 121, Section 3, Question 4 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 4 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the detail in the Paragraph Map and read one sentence before and after. Ask: what explanation does this fact eliminate, and what does the passage do next? The right answer names that job. Reject choices that read a hidden motive into the detail or tie it to a different paragraph's claim.