Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 147 · Section 3 · Question 6

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

Predict the author's reaction to a new policy by holding it up against the author's own reasons.

The basic logic

Note what the author says is safe and when. If the new policy drops the author's condition (only when safe, only after cleanup), the author will see it as risky right now.

Tiny words that decide it

“only”
“when”
“all”

Playground logic

The closet author lets Biscuit take toys only when the pile is low. A rule letting him drag out anything anytime drops that condition, so with today's pile it could start the very crash the family fears.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–6). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Great Closet Crash →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The author would most likely view a rule letting Biscuit drag out any toy he wants, any time, until he loses interest, as

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 147, Section 3, Question 6 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 6 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find where the author discusses something close to the new policy. Underline any condition the author attaches, like 'only when' or 'once'. Then compare: does the new policy keep or drop that condition? Use the author's own reasons about present conditions to predict the reaction. Cut answers that rely on reasons the author never raises.