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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. What was Snakes' Water?
(a) A large snake pit.
(b) A small stream.
(c) A boot factory.
(d) An inactive spring.

2. How does Keith Basso describe his profession?
(a) A topologist.
(b) Linguists.
(c) Ethnographers.
(d) Ethnographer-linguists.

3. In what state is the Cibecue settlement?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Montana.
(c) Colorado.
(d) New Mexico.

4. 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.

5. What does Nick say Apache stories were made for?
(a) To humiliate.
(b) To entertain.
(c) To put to sleep.
(d) To make an impression on the individual.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many major genres did Cibecue narratives have?

2. What subtle element does Keith Basso say would assert the sense of place?

3. When does "Chapter 2, Stalking with Stories" start?

4. How many forms of speech did the Cibecue have?

5. What does Keith Basso say the Apache constructions of place reach deeply into?

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