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Reading Comprehension · Detail

PrepTest 152 · Section 3 · Question 4

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
Find the piece of evidence the passage itself aims straight at the old theory.
The basic logic
Go to the rebuttal paragraph. Separate evidence that hits the old theory from evidence for the new alternatives and from features mentioned elsewhere.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “directly”
  • “counters”
  • “no evidence”

Playground logic

In the kid passage, the fact that the Kickball Crew did not even exist yet hits the fight story head on. The library restart points somewhere else, which is a different job.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–6). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Quiet Corner Club →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which detail does the kid passage use as a direct strike against the Kickball Crew story?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 152, Section 3, Question 4 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 4 in your official copy and answer it first.

Locate the paragraph where the author argues against the old theory. List the pieces of evidence aimed straight at it. Pick the choice that matches one of those. Remember that a true statement from the passage can still do a different job, such as supporting another explanation or describing a feature, so ask what each detail is used for.