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Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 142 · Section 3 · Question 7

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
A must-be-supported answer from one paragraph is a small, safe step from what that paragraph says.
The basic logic
Collect the paragraph's facts and see what follows when you put two of them together. Avoid choices that need facts the paragraph never gives.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “not necessarily”
  • “most”
  • “indicator”

Playground logic

The company swaps in cheap sticks to earn more, and the kites get worse. So making more money and being a better kite are not the same thing.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–8). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Why Don't Kites Get a Ribbon? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which claim gets the most backing from the final paragraph of Priya's essay?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 142, Section 3, Question 7 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 7 in your official copy and answer it first.

Reread only the paragraph named in the stem. List its facts in plain words. Ask what you can safely conclude by joining two of those facts. Use the Spoiler Test: the right answer should feel almost too obvious. Eliminate anything that needs outside facts or strong words the paragraph never earns.