Reading Comprehension · Analogy

PrepTest 149 · 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

Analogy

The one idea it tests

Map the many-tries explanation onto the opening scene.

The basic logic

Ask what the explanation adds: many attempts, nearly all failing. Then change the scene so it has the same feature.

Tiny words that decide it

“many”
“almost all”
“at least once”

Playground logic

If the test-cake idea is right, Grandma's cake is the lone winner among hundreds of flops. The marble scene would match only if most marbles fell off and one made it.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 6–12). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Grandma's Perfect Lemon Cake →

Step 3 · Try the model question

If the test-cake idea is correct, the marble run story would match the cake story better if Owen

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 149, 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.

Write the explanation's key shape in a few words: many attempts, almost all failing, one success. Then test each choice by asking whether it gives the opening scene that same shape. Drop choices that explain survival by skill, help, or planning, or that have many attempts with no failures.