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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. How many parts did the project suggested by the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe have?
(a) 3 parts.
(b) 6 parts.
(c) 5 parts.
(d) 7 parts.

2. What was Satre, according to Keith Basso?
(a) A captivating anti-hero.
(b) A modern philosopher.
(c) A modern author.
(d) A good ethnographer.

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

4. What does Keith Basso say one cannot do all the time, despite it being captivating?
(a) Talk.
(b) Travel.
(c) Study.
(d) Anthropology.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Keith Basso say does not have a sense of place?

3. What advice from Dudley Patterson does Keith Basso say he followed?

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

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

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