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Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 147 · Section 2 · Question 26

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
If one fix works in most cases and the other is for special cases, check the common fix first.
The basic logic
The author says money usually suffices and the other remedy is mainly for cases where money cannot make the harmed party whole. That implies an order: ask whether money fits before reaching for the other remedy. Watch for answers that stretch 'some cases' into 'usually' or 'always'.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “often”
  • “only”
  • “commonly need not”

Playground logic

In the kid passage, stars usually fix things and the Do-It Rule is for when stars cannot, so Ms. Rivera should check whether stars will work first.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 4 (Questions 23–27). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Ms. Rivera's Promise Court →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The author of the kid passage would most likely agree that

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 147, Section 2, Question 26 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 26 in your official copy and answer it first.

Note when the author says each remedy is suitable and which one handles most cases. Infer the sensible order of checking from that. Choose the answer that follows without overstating. Eliminate answers that turn 'often' into 'always' or 'usually', that condemn all forced remedies, or that bring in options the passage never mentions.