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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 long did Keith Basso's project take?
(a) 24 months.
(b) 12 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 8 months.

2. What does Basso say the maps looked like in mid-July?
(a) An old blanket.
(b) A large piece of paper.
(c) Littered with shotgun pellets.
(d) A table cloth.

3. What were the Apaches looking for that named the place Basso and Charles Henry were at?
(a) A place to build a temple.
(b) A safe place to settle.
(c) A place to bury their dead.
(d) A place to plant their crop.

4. Who founded the project that the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe suggested to Keith Basso?
(a) The National Map Foundation.
(b) The National Ethnology Foundation.
(c) The National Science Foundation.
(d) The National Sociology Foundation.

5. What is the first question asked in the "Preface"?
(a) Why do we exist?
(b) What do people live for?
(c) What do people make of place?
(d) Who are Apache?

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe suggest Keith Basso do?

2. What does Keith Basso say each chapter of the book would be centered on?

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

4. How old was Charles Henry at the time the book was written?

5. What does Keith Basso say ethnographers have few of to follow?

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