Questions 15-18
Five persons - J, K, L, M, and O - have gathered to play a game called “forest and trees.” Four players play in each round, with one person sitting out. Rounds are played by two competing teams of two persons each. The players have agreed on the following rules of participation:
No two players can play as a team in two consecutive rounds of the game.
After a round is concluded, one person from the losing team in that round must sit out the next round of the game.
After a round is concluded, the person who has sat out that round and a person from the winning team in that round join to form the team that is known as “the forest” for the next round.
After a round is concluded, one person from the losing team in that round and one person from the winning team in that round join to form the team that is known as “the trees” for the next round.
No round of the game can end in a tie.
Because L and O are perceived as having the greatest individual strengths as players, L and O can never play on the same team.
15) If, in the first round of a game, J and O are the winning team and L sits out, which of the following must be a team in the second round of that game?
(A) J and L
(B) K and L
(C) K and M
(D) L and M
(E) M and O
16) If, in the first round of a game, K and L are the winning team and J sits out, which of the following could be a team in the second round of that game?
(A) J and M
(B) J and O
(C) K and L
(D) K and O
(E) M and O
17) If J and M are the winning team in the first round, each of the following could be a member of “the forest” during the second round EXCEPT
(A) J
(B) K
(C) L
(D) M
(E) O
18) If M sits out the first round, each of the following could be a team in the first round EXCEPT
(A) J and K
(B) J and L
(C) J and O
(D) K and L
(E) K and O