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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Wisdom Sits in Places, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Keith Basso say each chapter of the book would be centered on?
(a) A different place.
(b) A different tribe.
(c) A different Apache person.
(d) A different letter.

2. What do the Apache think cannot be detected without a smooth mind?
(a) Oil.
(b) Lies.
(c) Bad people.
(d) Danger.

3. What did Basso's theoretical discoveries help him make a legal case for?
(a) Western Apache casino rights.
(b) Western Apache land claims.
(c) Western Apache election rights.
(d) Western Apache land rights.

4. Where was Basso's bitten by the centipede?
(a) His foot.
(b) His head.
(c) His leg.
(d) His hand.

5. What does Basso say is difficult for linguists to explain?
(a) How Apache language evolved.
(b) The sequentiality of utterances.
(c) The relation between Navajo and Apache languages.
(d) How to translate Apache.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Lola Machuse in the book?

2. What does Keith Basso say must be lived as well?

3. Who does Keith Basso say was the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe?

4. How old was Charles Henry at the time the book was written?

5. What happened to the girl in the story told by the group, in Chapter 3?

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