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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 did the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe determine it would be unwise to do?
(a) Publish Keith's map.
(b) Leave the reservation before the maps were done.
(c) Hire Charles Henry.
(d) Sell the maps to non-Apache.

2. Who does Keith Basso say worked for years in community where ties to places were vital?
(a) Electric companies.
(b) IRS agents.
(c) Police officers.
(d) Anthropologists.

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

4. Who was Leslie Silko?
(a) A modern author.
(b) A woman lawyer.
(c) An Indian author.
(d) A doctor.

5. According to legend, why were the owners of Shades of Shit forced to stay home?
(a) They refused to share their toilet.
(b) It was raining.
(c) It was snowing.
(d) They refused to share their corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Keith Basso say the human attachments to places remain?

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

3. Who founded the project that the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe suggested to Keith Basso?

4. How many articles does Keith say he wrote on the place he visited in 1959?

5. How many areas did Basso and his group chart?

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