The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native

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The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now Northern California, was in conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with stabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and  banked with dirt to a height of  three to four feet.

A) banked with dirt to a height of 

B) banked with dirt as high as that of

C) banked them with dirt to a height of

D) was banked with dirt as high as

E) was banked with dirt as high as that of

buzzgaurav · Answer

D for me.

The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now Northern California,   was conical   in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with stabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and   was banked   with dirt as high as three to four feet.

deowl · Answer

I vote for A. 

The rest imply that the dirt was as high as three to four feet. However the meaning should be that the house was banked up to that height.

rdw28 · Answer

D is the answer..

A takes the sentence out of context, while D carries the same past perfect tense for it's entirety-

'The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now Northern California,  was conical  in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with stabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and  was banked  with dirt as high as three to four feet.'

as stated previously by Mr. buzz

tapan22 · Answer

I agree that this one is looking for parallelism,

Even though A seems correct, I would go with D.

B/C it was the house that was banked with dirt and not the poles.

What is the OA?

Beyond700 · Answer

my money is on 'A' 

 overlaid with  and  banked with ..

 as high as  should be followed by a noun for comparison..

I think the frame works stand on the bank...

ps_dahiya · Answer

The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now Northern California,   was conical in shape  ,  its framework of poles overlaid with stabs of bark , either cedar or pine, and   was banked with dirt   as high as three to four feet.

IMO its D.

The green part describes the shape of the house not the house itself. I mean the parallel list is what is in the red part and the green part is not part of the list but its an extra piece of information.

haas_mba07 · Answer

D) was banked with dirt as high as 


was is required for the 
"... was.... , its.... was" combination referring to the Yana.

b14kumar · Answer

I would join ban D wagon.

Regards,
Brajesh

ipc302 · Answer

D for me too .

The single-family house constructed by the Yana....... was in conical in shape........and was banked with dirt as high as .....

Beyond700 · Answer

Still not convinced 'D' is the best...

Please explain better why 'A' is incorrect

MA · Answer

should be A. D is in passive and is also not parallel.

selene · Answer

OA is ^ A ^

laxieqv · Answer

This is the key explanation for why OA is A

ywilfred · Answer

B,E --> out. 'that' has no comparison to be made to
C ---> 'them' has no precedent
D ---> 'was banked' is awkward

A is the best.

The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native

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