PrepTest 151 · Section 2 · Question 6

Who Reads the Tide?

Frankie: "Lifeguards who grumble when swimmers check the tide chart themselves are being a bit unfair. Of course swimmers want to know about the water." Sharon: "It's not unfair! Lifeguards trained for years. How can you say a swimmer's guess is just as good as a lifeguard's call?" Priya, sitting on the beach towel, turned to Lulu. "Did Frankie say the guess was just as good?" Lulu checked her clipboard. "Nope. Frankie said swimmers want to know. That's all." "So Sharon is arguing against something she thinks Frankie said," Priya said. "Her answer tells us how she heard it." Biscuit dug a hole, uninterested in either clipboard.

Frankie: Lifeguards who grumble at swimmers for checking the tide chart are a little unfair. Swimmers naturally want to know about the water. Sharon: That's not unfair. Lifeguards trained for many years. So how can you say a swimmer's guess is as good as a lifeguard's call?

Sharon's reply shows that she took Frankie to mean which of the following?

The Garden Gnome Debate

A fictional neighbor said: "People who scold kids for reading the garden manual are unfair. Kids just want to learn." The gardener's lawyer, Mr. Whitfield, stood up. "Your Honor, my client has grown roses for thirty years! How can anyone claim a kid's reading equals thirty years of roses?" The judge tilted her head. "Mr. Whitfield, nobody said equals. But your answer tells me you heard it that way." Mr. Whitfield looked at his notes, then at the neighbor. "Ah. I was fighting a sentence no one spoke." "Happens to the best of us," said the judge.