Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 125 · Section 1 · Question 21

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Inference (apply to a new case)

The one idea it tests

If a syndrome includes a feature, a case that clearly lacks that feature gives no evidence of the syndrome.

The basic logic

Take the listed parts of the syndrome and hold the new scenario up against them. A bad outcome alone is not proof of the syndrome; if the scenario shows the opposite of a key part, the author would say the syndrome is not shown.

Tiny words that decide it

“no evidence”
“even”
“illusion”

Playground logic

Pack-blindness includes every dog trotting in step and believing the pack agrees; a pack that barked and argued all walk long shows the opposite, so a bad result there is no sign of pack-blindness.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 4 (Questions 20–27). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Pack Problem →

Step 3 · Try the model question

A very close pack made a terrible choice after a walk full of loud barking arguments over which path to take. The author would most likely say this case

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 125, Section 1, Question 21 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 21 in your official copy and answer it first.

List the parts of the syndrome from the final paragraph. Compare the scenario in the stem to each part and notice which one it plainly contradicts. Then pick the choice that draws the cautious conclusion: the scenario does not show the syndrome. Avoid choices that read a bad outcome as proof of anything specific.