MTEL Communication and Literacy Skills (01) Practice Test

Communication and Literacy Skills (01) Practice Test: Reading4. Which of the following provides the bestevaluation of the author's credibility?A. The author's misconceptions aboutNative American history stronglydetract from the credibility of theselection.B. Despite some misunderstandingof how the legal system works,the author presents an informedaccount of the suits discussed inthe selection.C. The author's bias against the federalgovernment strongly detracts fromthe credibility of the selection.D. Although clearly sympathetic toNative Americans, the authorpresents a balanced account oftheir efforts to assert their rights.5. Which of the following best summarizesthe main points of the selection?A. After centuries of population declineand land loss, Native Americans ofNew England employed the legalsystem to assert their rights andstrengthen the economic bases oftheir communities.B. The 1960s and 1970s marked animportant turning point in NativeAmerican history, particularly inNew England, where major tribesreclaimed lands they had lostcenturies earlier.C. Even though the Penobscots andPassamaquoddies had been reducedto two small reservations by theearly twentieth century, theyassumed an important leadershiprole among the Native Americantribes of New England.D. The legal initiatives of thePenobscots and Passamaquoddiesmade the state of Maine a leadingcenter of Native American activismthroughout the closing decades ofthe twentieth century.9