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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. Basso says that tales merge elements of _____?
(a) Time and space.
(b) Space and symbols.
(c) Time and symbols.
(d) Time, space, and symbols.

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

3. Who told the story, to the girl on her birthday, of the Apache policeman that acted like a white man?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

4. Who did Nick Thompson claim needed printed maps?
(a) Navajo.
(b) White men.
(c) Apache.
(d) Women.

5. What does Basso say the place-names were used for by the woman whose brother was ill?
(a) To hear her ancestors.
(b) To wish for his speedy recovery.
(c) To complain about him.
(d) To quiet her down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Basso's nose, in "Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors"?

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

3. What does Basso say nearly all the place-names are in the Western Apache Language?

4. What is the first question asked in the "Preface"?

5. What is the translation of the name of the place Basso and Charles Henry were at?

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