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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. How long does Basso say he had known Nick Thompson?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 30 years.

2. What does Basso say names of places tended to indicate?
(a) A larger population.
(b) Wetter climates in early generations.
(c) A good imagination
(d) A smaller clan.

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

4. How does Basso say the Apache understand communication?
(a) As a language.
(b) Cooperatively.
(c) As a way to pass judgements.
(d) As a way to tell stories.

5. What did the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe suggest Keith Basso do?
(a) Leave his land.
(b) Create a dictionary.
(c) To become the tribe lawyer.
(d) A map of the land of his tribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Basso say Apache see history as being?

2. What does Basso say Lola did when she revealed where the brother fell ill?

3. What was Snakes' Water?

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

5. What does Basso say the maps looked like in mid-July?

(see the answer key)

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