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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Speaking With Names.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the story told by Emily happen?
(a) Where the Trees Grow.
(b) Utha.
(c) Green Pasture Where Horses Drink.
(d) Whiteness Spreads Out Descending To Water.

2. What does Keith Basso say places were creating a means of in "Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors"?
(a) Historical imagination.
(b) People.
(c) Events.
(d) Personal worth.

3. Who was the local clan leader of the Juniper Tree Stands Alone, at the time of Basso's project?
(a) Melisa Maris.
(b) Ellen Josay Tessay.
(c) Charles Henry.
(d) Markus Write.

4. Who said, "Wherever things look bright"?
(a) Basso.
(b) Marks.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Henry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Basso say can only be studied through the property names and place-naming?

4. Who was Leslie Silko?

5. What was Nick just recovering from in 1981, according to Basso?

(see the answer key)

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