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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. How many years did Keith Basso say he had spent in a village of Western Apaches when he stumbled onto place-names?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 25 years.

2. What did the woman think of her ill brother, according to Basso?
(a) He was stupid.
(b) He was good.
(c) He was wise.
(d) He was irresponsible.

3. What do Dudley and Basso talk about after his fall?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Charity.
(c) Patience.
(d) Wisdom.

4. Why did Charles Henry decide to stop working for Basso?
(a) He needed to make money.
(b) He needed to make medicine.
(c) He needed to go on a retreat.
(d) He needed to drive cattle.

5. What does Basso say all human cultures have beliefs about?
(a) How language works.
(b) How to elect leaders.
(c) What the sun is.
(d) Who created them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the people speaking of the ill brother construct, according to Basso?

2. What do sagas focus on?

3. Why can't the Apache be too specific when telling a story, according to Basso?

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

5. What does Nick say Apache stories were made for?

(see the answer key)

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