Reading Comprehension · Strengthen

PrepTest 132 · Section 3 · Question 13

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Strengthen (supporting one view in a passage)

The one idea it tests

To support 'it stayed local,' show that a place outside the local area saw no matching spike.

The basic logic

Identify the view, then ask what fact would be expected if it were true. For a 'limited reach' view, the best support is evidence from somewhere else showing no rise during that window.

Tiny words that decide it

“only”
“if true”
“support”

Playground logic

Owen says the storm stayed in the art room and closet. If the library's wax shows no extra glitter last spring, that fits his view perfectly.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 8–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Great Glitter Mystery →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which new fact, if it turned out to be true, would best back up Owen's view that the storm stayed in the art room and its closet?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 132, Section 3, Question 13 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 13 in your official copy and answer it first.

Restate the view you are asked to support in a few words. Ask what you would expect to find elsewhere if it were true. Pick the choice that shows the expected absence outside the local area, and cross out choices that help a rival view or say nothing about the time or place in question.