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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. When did Edward Spicer say Western Apache would not become tribal historians?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1962.

2. How old was Charles Henry at the time the book was written?
(a) 65 years old.
(b) 40 years old.
(c) 62 years old.
(d) 60 years old.

3. What does Basso say the Western Apache discourse is a product of?
(a) Utterance and inaction.
(b) Stories.
(c) Inative syllables.
(d) Interlocking utterances and actions.

4. Where did the story told by Emily happen?
(a) Whiteness Spreads Out Descending To Water.
(b) Where the Trees Grow.
(c) Green Pasture Where Horses Drink.
(d) Utha.

5. What do the Cibecue think the land makes people?
(a) Rich.
(b) Moral.
(c) Immoral.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the people talking about the ill brother use the place-names for?

2. What did the girl in the story learn from her misfortune?

3. What does Basso say the story might have been?

4. What do tales force individuals to do?

5. What does Basso say is difficult for linguists to explain?

(see the answer key)

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