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THE PREPTEST

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SECTION I .................................................................................. 4

SECTION II ............................................................................... 12

SECTION III .............................................................................. 20

SECTION IV .............................................................................. 28

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .......................................................... 36

COMPUTING YOUR SCORE .................................................. 37

ANSWER KEY ........................................................................... 38

1 -4- 1 1SECTION I

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Acknowledgment is made to the following sources from which material has been adapted for use in this test booklet:

Paul Krugman, The Pin Factory Mystery. 2006 by The New York Times Company.

William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner, The Private Enforcement of Law. 1975 by The University of Chicago.

Amrico Paredes, With His Pistol in His Hand. 1958 by The University of Texas Press.

Christopher Tozzo, Selective Enforcement and NYCs Water Deadbeats. 2007 by KipEsquire. http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1120496086.shtml.

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Directions:

1. Use the Answer Key on the next page to check your answers.

2. Use the Scoring Worksheet below to compute your raw score.

3. Use the Score Conversion Chart to convert your raw score into the 120-180 scale.

Scoring Worksheet

1. Enter the number of questions you answered correctly in each section.

Number Correct

SECTION I ................. SECTION II ................ SECTION III ............... SECTION IV ...............

2. Enter the sum here: This is your Raw Score.

Reported Raw ScoreScore Lowest Highest

COMPUTING YOUR SCORE

Conversion ChartFor Converting Raw Score to the 120-180 LSAT

Scaled ScoreLSAT Form K-2LSN102

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ANSWER KEY

SECTION IV

1. C2. A3. B4. C5. E6. D7. E

8. C9. B10. D11. B12. E13. A14. C

15. E16. C17. C18. A19. E20. B21. E

22. D23. C

SECTION III

1. C2. D3. B4. E5. A6. A7. E

8. B9. A10. C11. D12. B13. E14. B

15. E16. A17. D18. E19. E20. D21. A

22. B23. B24. C25. C

SECTION II

1. C2. A3. B4. B5. A6. D7. B

8. C9. C10. C11. C12. D13. B14. E

15. D16. C17. A18. C19. B20. D21. E

22. B23. C24. E25. B26. D

SECTION I

1. E2. C3. E4. B5. A6. C7. E

8. C9. A10. B11. A12. B13. A14. D

15. E16. E17. B18. C19. D20. B21. C

22. E23. C24. D25. D26. B27. E

SECTION ISECTION IISECTION IIISECTION IVACKNOWLEDGMENTSCOMPUTING YOUR SCOREANSWER KEY