Reading Comprehension · Inference (Group Agree)

PrepTest 145 · Section 1 · 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

Inference: what a described group would agree with

The one idea it tests

Extend the group's stated rule: if only one thing counts, everything else does not.

The basic logic

Find the group's 'sole basis' style rule. Anything outside that one basis is something they would say should not count, even a consequence the author worries about.

Tiny words that decide it

“sole”
“only”
“should not”

Playground logic

The Math Club says only the payback should count. So they would say whether a penalty wipes out Tommy's trading table should not matter.

Step 2 · The kid passage

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

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which statement would the Math Club most likely accept?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 145, Section 1, 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.

Write the group's rule as: only this one thing counts. Test each choice: does it bring in a second factor the group would allow? If so, drop it. The keeper says some outside factor should not count. Watch for choices that let the excluded factor sneak back in under a condition.