PTE Quiz – Reading – Multiple Choice Question (Single Answer)
After reading a text, answer a multiple-choice question on the content or tone of the text by selecting one response. Please leave your answer in the comment below, answer and explanation will be provided tomorrow.
Sioux people
Sioux or Dakota, confederation of Native North American tribes, the dominant group of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock, which is divided into several separate branches (see Native American languages). The Sioux, or Dakota, consisted of seven tribes in three major divisions: Wahpekute, Mdewakantonwan, Wahpetonwan, Sisitonwan (who together formed the Santee or Eastern division, sometimes referred to as the Dakota), the Ihanktonwan, or Yankton, and the Ihanktonwana, or Yanktonai (who form the Middle division, sometimes referred to as the Nakota), and the Titonwan, or Teton (who form the Western division, sometimes referred to as the Lakota). The Tetons, originally a single band, divided into seven sub-bands after the move to the plains, these seven including the Hunkpapa, Sihasapa (or Blackfoot), and Oglala.
Read the text and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.
The major divisions of the Sioux people of North America are ________.
- The Wahpekute, Mdewakantonwan, Wahpetonwan and Sisitonwan
- The Santee, the Nakota and the Lakota
- The Hunkpapa, Sihasapa (or Blackfoot), and Oglala
- The Santee, the Eastern Division and Dakota
B
Option 1: This response is incorrect. The names in this list of four tribes that make up just one of the major divisions of the Sioux people, namely, the Santee.
Option 2: This response is correct because it includes the names of the three major divisions, which can be found inside the brackets in the text.
Option 3: This response is incorrect. The names in the list are those of three subgroups of the Tetons. This information can be found in the last sentence.
Option 4: This response is incorrect. The names in the list are the three alternative names by which one division of the Sioux is known.
A
ans is D
B
a