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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Speaking With Names.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Lola Machuse have?
(a) 5 children.
(b) 4 children.
(c) 8 children.
(d) 9 children.

2. What did Lola provide Basso that allowed him to understand the conversation about the ill brother?
(a) Access to the hospital.
(b) Some background references.
(c) A picture of the brother.
(d) Police reports.

3. What does Basso say nearly all the place-names are in the Western Apache Language?
(a) Long.
(b) Cryptic.
(c) Complete sentences.
(d) Without meaning.

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

5. What does Keith Basso say must be lived as well?
(a) Locally produced plays.
(b) The elder's life.
(c) Locally imagined history.
(d) The stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't the Apache be too specific when telling a story, according to Basso?

2. What does Keith Basso say was easy even without a written history?

3. What was Snakes' Water named for?

4. What happened to people that commit immoral deeds in Cibecue's tales?

5. What does Basso say almost ceased to exist in anthropology?

(see the answer key)

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