Reading Comprehension · Answerable Question

PrepTest 155 · 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

Answerable Question

The one idea it tests

Only one question can be fully answered from the passage alone.

The basic logic

For each choice, hunt for the exact fact needed. Numbers, origins and counts are only answerable if the passage gives them. A topic being mentioned is not the same as the question being answered.

Tiny words that decide it

“how many”
“how long”
“sufficient”

Playground logic

The kid passage gives one hard fact about size: most old sides were about three bites. A question about their size can be answered; questions about counts or popularity cannot.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 1 (Questions 1–7). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Side Dish Problem →

Step 3 · Try the model question

The kid passage gives enough information to answer which one of these questions?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 155, 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.

Treat each choice as a mini detail question. Scan for the precise fact it needs, not just its topic. Most choices touch a mentioned subject but ask for a number, source or comparison the passage never supplies. Keep the one whose answer you can point to in a specific line.