Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 149 · Section 2 · Question 2

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 the only hard words are local ones, the hard topic is local life.

The basic logic

Find what the passage says the unfamiliar words name. A topic full of those words is the one that causes trouble.

Tiny words that decide it

“most”
“local”
“provided that”

Playground logic

In the kid passage, the only puzzling words are nicknames for Elm Park spots and gear. So a visitor would stumble most when talk turns to what goes on at the park itself.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–5). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Is Elm Park Kickball Its Own Game? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Based on the kid passage, a visitor who knows the same rule family as the Elm Park kids would have the most trouble following talk about

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 2 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 2 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the sentence that says what the unfamiliar words mostly name. Then look for the choice whose topic would be packed with exactly those words. Topics built from the shared core would be easy, so set them aside. Stay inside the lunchbox.