Reading Comprehension · Strengthen

PrepTest 147 · Section 2 · Question 17

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Strengthen

The one idea it tests

Support a specific proposal by finding evidence that fits its exact claim: a motive drove a behavior.

The basic logic

Find what the author proposes just before the final paragraph. In short, a fear motivated the making of routes. Strong support shows that people like the ones in question actually acted on that kind of fear in that kind of setting. Watch for answers that show only the behavior, or only the fear in the wrong group.

Tiny words that decide it

“fear”
“motivate”
“support”

Playground logic

In the kid passage, Lulu's proposal is that fear of the clover made kids form trails. Proof that kids really act to protect themselves from that clover would help most.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 15–22). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Bald Spots on the Big Field →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which would most back up what Lulu proposes in paragraph four of the kid passage?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 147, Section 2, Question 17 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 17 in your official copy and answer it first.

Restate the proposal as motive plus behavior. Ask what fact would make that link more believable for the group the author discusses. Prefer evidence of people acting to protect themselves from the feared thing in a similar setting. Reject evidence of the behavior with no motive, or of the motive in a very different group.