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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. What years was Keith Basso's project spread across?
(a) 1975-1982.
(b) 1979-1981.
(c) 1979-1984.
(d) 1976-1984.

2. How does Keith Basso describe his profession?
(a) Linguists.
(b) Ethnographers.
(c) A topologist.
(d) Ethnographer-linguists.

3. What does Charles Henry say was tied to the places that were first created?
(a) Ancestral speech.
(b) Modern speech.
(c) Sign language.
(d) People.

4. What was Charles Henry's nephew's name?
(a) Joe.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Mark.
(d) Jason.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Charles Henry the story of Shades of Shit?

2. What does Keith Basso say ethnographers have few of to follow?

3. How long did Basso stay at Charles Henry's house on a break, in "Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors"?

4. How old was Charles Henry at the time the book was written?

5. What did the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe determine it would be unwise to do?

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