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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 happened to Basso's nose, in "Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors"?
(a) It was cut.
(b) It was shot.
(c) He was stung by hornets.
(d) It bled.

2. Who does Keith Basso say was the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe?
(a) Mick Pstum.
(b) Lisa Amaton.
(c) Lila Starpon.
(d) Ronnie Lupe.

3. What does Keith Basso say does not have a sense of place?
(a) Children.
(b) Clans.
(c) Individuals.
(d) Cultures.

4. What does Keith Basso say the Apache constructions of place reach deeply into?
(a) Their memory.
(b) Their appreaciation of wisdom.
(c) Other cultural spheres.
(d) The mind.

5. What was Juniper Tree Stands Alone?
(a) A forest.
(b) A sandy area.
(c) A river.
(d) A flat area containing houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Basso say names of places tended to indicate?

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

3. How many years did Keith Basso say he had spent in a village of Western Apaches when he stumbled onto place-names?

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

5. Who said, "Wherever things look bright"?

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