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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 did the brother became ill?
(a) He was stung by bees.
(b) He ate mushrooms.
(c) He touched a snake skin.
(d) He was bitten by a rat.

2. What happened to Basso's nose, in "Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors"?
(a) It bled.
(b) He was stung by hornets.
(c) It was cut.
(d) It was shot.

3. What does Basso say of the residents of Cibecue?
(a) They were eager to talk with each other.
(b) They were poor.
(c) They were elderly.
(d) They wanted to leave.

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

5. What did the woman think of her ill brother, according to Basso?
(a) He was good.
(b) He was stupid.
(c) He was irresponsible.
(d) He was wise.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Basso say ethnographers immersed in a foreign culture with a foreign language must be cautious and understanding of, in "Chapter 3, Speaking With Names"?

3. Where did the story told by Emily happen?

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

5. When did Charles decide to stop working for Basso?

(see the answer key)

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