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Reading Comprehension · Meaning in Context

PrepTest 143 · Section 2 · 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
Meaning in Context
The one idea it tests
Find an example of a concept the passage names but does not define fully.
The basic logic
Read the objection: it contrasts the stated reasoning with a hidden one. The example must be the hidden kind.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “real”
  • “however”
  • “hidden”

Playground logic

Marcus worries about a helper whose secret reason is a best friend, so the hidden reasoning is personal favoritism.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 8–14). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Dessert Table Problem →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which one of the following is an example of the secret reasoning Marcus worries about?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 143, Section 2, 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.

Go to the sentence with the quoted phrase and see what it is contrasted with. The concept is whatever might differ from the stated reasoning and could hide unfairness. Pick a choice that is a concrete case of that hidden kind; reject choices that are stated, public, or checkable reasoning.