The dwarf masked owl, a rare

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong1% picked this

   No birds of prey other than the dwarf masked owl nest in

   Too Strong: no other Only Mentioned ≠ Only Thing Just because the dwarf owl is the only bird of prey that nests in spiny cactus who is mentioned in the paragraph doesn't mean the author is assuming that the dwarf owl is the only bird of prey that nests in spiny cactus.

   1%
2. B

   Negation16% picked this

   If the Baja peninsula contains spiny cacti, then the dwarf masked owl makes its

   The author is assuming that, If the Baja peninsula → the owl will not make doesn't have spiny cacti its winter home there This answer is just taking that assumption and showing us an illegal negation of it (the left and right sides have been flipped from negative to positive).

   16%
3. C

   Out of Scope3% picked this

   On occasion the dwarf masked owl has been known to make its winter home far from

   Out of Scope: far from normal route This has absolutely nothing to do with the Conclusion, so we should be very dubious. The author says that the owl normally migrates to the Baja peninsula in the winter. That "normally" leaves room for exceptional occasions. But we have no idea (nor do we care) whether those exceptional occasions are ones in which the owl makes its winter home far from the Baja peninsula or near to it.

   3%
4. D

   Reversal21% picked this

   The dwarf masked owl will not make its winter home on the Baja peninsula only if that region

   The author is assuming that, If the Baja peninsula → the owl will not make doesn't have spiny cacti its winter home there This answer is just taking that assumption and showing us an illegal reversal of it. The term "only if" always introduces the Necessary (right side) idea. So the answer is saying: The owl will not make → BP contains no its winter home on BP spiny cacti

   21%
5. E

   Correct60% picked this

   Suitable nesting sites must be present where the dwarf masked owl makes

   Why this is right

   This is saying, if there aren't suitable owl won't make its nesting sites → winter home there That seems to be what the author is thinking. This is providing that link from 3 to 4. Don't try to no no suitable no owl reestablish --> SC ---> nesting ---> on BP this SC population site winter

   Skill tested: Necessary Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   60%