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Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 136 · Section 3 · Question 16

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Inference (least consistent)
The one idea it tests
Find the one choice that clashes with the researcher's predictions; four choices fit or are neutral.
The basic logic
Write down the specific prediction in the last paragraph, especially any comparison between two settings. The answer flatly denies that comparison.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “LEAST”
  • “more willing”
  • “than”

Playground logic

Priya predicts kids in the tiny Elm Street yard tug harder than kids in the huge yard. A finding that the two yards tug just the same smacks that prediction right in the face.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 13–19). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Tire Swing Wars →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Suppose each statement below were true. Which would clash most with Priya's predictions?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 136, Section 3, Question 16 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 16 in your official copy and answer it first.

Locate the researcher's predictions in the final paragraph. Note the direction of any comparison between the two settings. Test each choice: does it agree, stay neutral, or contradict? Choices that fit the prediction or talk about side factors are out. Pick the one that erases the predicted difference.