The Fenwicks returned home from

Answer choices

1. A

   Strengthens8% picked this

   A neighbor thought he had seen the Fenwicks’ back door closing while the

   The neighbor saw the back door closing while the owners were away, which increases the plausibility that someone entered through that door, aligning with the hypothesis about the kids.

   8%
2. B

   Strengthens1% picked this

   When the Fenwicks returned home, they found children’s footprints on the back porch that had not been

   Footprints on the porch strengthen the hypothesis by suggesting that kids were at the location. This physical evidence increases the plausibility of the proposed scenario.

   1%
3. C

   Strengthens2% picked this

   The two bottles that the Fenwicks found broken on their kitchen floor had been in the refrigerator when

   This indicates that a cat could not remove bottles from the refrigerator, undermining the alternate explanation that cats knocked the bottles over.

   2%
4. D

   Strengthens2% picked this

   There have been several recent burglaries in the Fenwicks’ neighborhood in which neighborhood

   The fact that similar incidents have happened to other houses adds plausibility to the hypothesis that something like this could indeed happen with the kids involved.

   2%
5. E

   Correct87% picked this

   The Fenwicks returned home from their trip later than they

   Why this is right

   That the owners were gone longer than expected does not relate to whether the kids or another cause led to the bottles' breakage. It has no impact on the plausibility of the hypothesis or ruling out alternate causes.

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

   87%