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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. What does Basso argue history is for the Western Apache?
(a) A craft.
(b) Irrelevant.
(c) Worthy of songs.
(d) Taught by the elders.

2. What do tales force individuals to do?
(a) Have fun.
(b) Admit social failings.
(c) Exile themselves.
(d) Kill themselves.

3. How do the Apache see the past, according to Basso?
(a) As a field.
(b) As a river.
(c) As a woman.
(d) As a trail.

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

5. What does Basso say Lola did when she revealed where the brother fell ill?
(a) She lied.
(b) She made fun of the man.
(c) She took a risk.
(d) She betrayed her friend's trust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose brother does Basso overhear became ill while visiting Lola?

2. What do younger Apache find village life to be?

3. What does Basso argue Spicer judges the Apache with?

4. What do children become that do not not learn to tie places and names with historical tales?

5. How many children did Lola Machuse have?

(see the answer key)

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