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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. Where does Basso say the richness of place-names comes from?
(a) They way they integrate with maps.
(b) How individuals invest themselves in the landscape.
(c) How individuals always create new ones.
(d) The way they describe individuals.

2. Why couldn't Lola say that the brother did nothing wrong or openly censure him, according to Basso?
(a) She didn't want to get involved.
(b) She didn't know the man well enough.
(c) The sister of the ill man was her friend.
(d) The sister of the ill man was candid about her pain.

3. In what state is the Cibecue settlement?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Montana.
(d) New Mexico.

4. Who was the local clan leader of the Juniper Tree Stands Alone, at the time of Basso's project?
(a) Ellen Josay Tessay.
(b) Charles Henry.
(c) Markus Write.
(d) Melisa Maris.

5. What does Basso say is difficult for linguists to explain?
(a) How to translate Apache.
(b) The sequentiality of utterances.
(c) The relation between Navajo and Apache languages.
(d) How Apache language evolved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Basso say ecological studies focus on?

2. When does "Chapter 2, Stalking with Stories" start?

3. What are the major narrative genres divided by?

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

5. What were the Apaches looking for that named the place Basso and Charles Henry were at?

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