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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Wisdom Sits in Places, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Basso say historical tales are often about?
(a) The person they are told to.
(b) Stories of miseries.
(c) The person that tells them.
(d) The clan.

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

3. How old was Lola Machuse in the book?
(a) 62 years old.
(b) 60 years old.
(c) 63 years old.
(d) 61 years old.

4. What does Nick say Apache stories were made for?
(a) To humiliate.
(b) To entertain.
(c) To put to sleep.
(d) To make an impression on the individual.

5. What does Basso say almost ceased to exist in anthropology?
(a) Field studies.
(b) Good professors.
(c) Studies of places.
(d) Study of the American Indian place-name systems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does Basso say using place-names in the conversation about the brother solve?

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

3. What does Basso argue Apache are concerned with regarding events?

4. Who did Nick Thompson claim needed printed maps?

5. What does Basso say Lola did when she revealed where the brother fell ill?

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