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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who taught Charles Henry the story of Shades of Shit?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandfather.

2. What does Basso argue Apache are concerned with regarding events?
(a) Who was present.
(b) When they occured.
(c) What lessons can be learned.
(d) Where they occured.

3. What is the translation of the name of the place Basso and Charles Henry were at?
(a) Water Lies With Mud In An Open Container.
(b) River Going Down Between Valley.
(c) Dead Old Woman Sleeping.
(d) Small flowers Became Big.

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

5. What does Keith Basso say the first question in the book is as old as?
(a) The discovery of the Apache.
(b) The start of time.
(c) Men.
(d) The idea of home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Snakes' Water named for?

2. Who did Keith Basso and Charles Henry stand with in May 1979?

3. What does Charles Henry say was tied to the places that were first created?

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

5. How many places did the three men travel, according to Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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