Who is the author?
when was the document written?
who is the intended audience?
what is the purpose of the document?
what is the historical context in which the document was written (i. e., what is happening historically at the time the author wrote the document)?
what biases are detectable in the document?

The details that best show evidence of tribal traditions are, "never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue” and "it has never been heard," was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.

D. he provides practical ideas for recipies on cooking children in the kitchen

The 4th option is correct

What u have here is a dangling do not have a subject that goes with ur verb. you do not have a " doer " for the actionhaving read the children a bedtime story, the house was shut down for the night.  so who read the children the story ? it wasn't the house. so we have to add a doer of the action to revise this sentence.having read the children a bedtime story, jill shut the house down for the night. < == this is the revised sentence.