Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 133 · Section 4 · 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

The one idea it tests

Combine two stated facts to reach a small, safe conclusion (Lunchbox Rule).

The basic logic

Look for a rule like 'age grows with distance from the center' and apply it to a place the passage implies is far away. Avoid choices that need new facts.

Tiny words that decide it

“progressively”
“away from”
“likely”

Playground logic

The paint gets older the farther it is from the middle table, and the gym doors are at the far ends. So the paint near the doors is probably some of the oldest.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 16–21). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Banner That Grew →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which claim do the passage's facts back up best?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 133, Section 4, 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.

Hunt for a stated rule that links two things, then ask where else in the passage's world that rule applies. Choose the answer reached by applying the rule, ideally with a hedge like 'likely'. Cross off answers that need facts the passage never supplies, even if they sound scientific.