Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 150 · Section 1 · Question 21

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

The authors' likely agreement follows from how they answer their own follow-up question.

The basic logic

When a passage asks 'what limits X?' and then discusses an effect, the authors treat that effect as a likely answer. Match that link. Cut choices that contradict their hypothesis or adopt the view they doubt.

Tiny words that decide it

“therefore”
“follow-up”
“what stops”

Playground logic

Owen asks what stops Biscuit from enjoying tosses, then talks about his lower jumps. So he would accept that lower jumps make hand tosses harder for Biscuit to enjoy.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 4 (Questions 20–27). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Biscuit and the Ball Launcher →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Owen would probably accept which statement?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 150, Section 1, Question 21 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 21 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the question the authors raise and the topic they discuss right after it; that pairing tells you what they think. Then check each choice: does it fit their hypothesis? Remove choices that repeat the traditional view they question, that deny change, or that add a value judgment they never make.