Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 148 · Section 2 · Question 12

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

Combine the list of triggers with the summary sentence; the answer links them.

The basic logic

The triggers raised demand in one place and cut it in the other; the summary says the gap became big enough. Put them together. Use the Spoiler Test on anything stronger.

Tiny words that decide it

“because”
“only then”
“in short”

Playground logic

New chess sets plus Ms. Rivera's invitations pulled kids toward chess, and a muddy field pushed them off soccer. Together those made the fun gap jump in October.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 7–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Great Chess Switch →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The passage most strongly supports which statement?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 148, Section 2, Question 12 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 12 in your official copy and answer it first.

Pair the triggers in paragraph two with the summary sentence that follows them. Ask what the triggers did to each side of the gap. Choose the answer that joins those two pieces without adding extra claims. Cross out choices with 'most', 'all', or specific comparisons the passage never gives.