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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Stalking with Stories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subtle element does Keith Basso say would assert the sense of place?
(a) An absent smell.
(b) A memory.
(c) A green door.
(d) A friend.

2. What does Basso say ecological studies cannot fully account for?
(a) How Apache did not kill all the rattlesnakes.
(b) How animals reproduce.
(c) How individuals make and act on cultural meanings.
(d) How people interacted with nature.

3. What was Nick's comment as Basso left Cibecue?
(a) "Goodness is all around Cibecue."
(b) "I cannot work for you next season."
(c) "Your work is invaluable."
(d) "You are a good friend."

4. What is the first question asked in the "Preface"?
(a) Why do we exist?
(b) What do people live for?
(c) Who are Apache?
(d) What do people make of place?

5. What does Basso say the maps looked like in mid-July?
(a) A table cloth.
(b) A large piece of paper.
(c) Littered with shotgun pellets.
(d) An old blanket.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Basso leave Cibecue in 1981?

2. What is the translation of the name of the place Basso and Charles Henry were at?

3. How many major genres did Cibecue narratives have?

4. What does Keith Basso say each chapter of the book would be centered on?

5. Who does Basso say were often concerned with the connection between American Indian communities and their ecological settings?

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