Q16

[agutman]

See the attached diagram!

[alejandrac29]

During my PT, I got tripped up by what "both juices and snacks are delivered to ____ before they are delivered to ____" meant. In particular, I was thrown off by whether the wording in the answer choices makes answer choice (A) wrong. If we use the second frame, the order of deliveries could be...

J: H G I F
S: I F G H

In this instance, both juices and snacks have been delivered to Gladstone before they have both been delivered to Ferndale, even if Ferndale received snacks before Gladstone did. Unless I am mistaken about this scenario? In hindsight, I see that the question means both that juice is delivered to G before it is delivered to F and snacks are delivered to G before they are delivered to F but I missed that meaning in the test setting.

Is this question type and/or this language typical of more recent LSAT exams? Any advice on what to do when you encounter a question with wording that totally throws you off...just move on? I ended up getting the correct answer here but only after spending a lot of time wondering what I was misunderstanding about the question.

Thanks in advance!