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Reading Comprehension · Detail

PrepTest 148 · Section 2 · Question 8

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Detail
The one idea it tests
The passage directly states why the event did not start sooner.
The basic logic
Find the sentence with 'not earlier' or 'only then' and match it.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “only then”
  • “not earlier”
  • “because”

Playground logic

The passage says the switch started in October, not before, because only then did chess look way more fun than soccer. Before that, the fun gap was too small.

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

Per the passage, why did the big switch not begin before October?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 148, Section 2, Question 8 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 8 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the summary sentence in paragraph two that explains the starting date. Paraphrase its reason. Pick the choice that matches it. Be wary of choices that borrow the authors' explanation for why the event continued; that answers a different question.