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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Keith Basso say each chapter of the book would be centered on?
(a) A different Apache person.
(b) A different tribe.
(c) A different place.
(d) A different letter.

2. What years was Keith Basso's project spread across?
(a) 1975-1982.
(b) 1979-1981.
(c) 1976-1984.
(d) 1979-1984.

3. When did Charles decide to stop working for Basso?
(a) Second day of June.
(b) Second week of August.
(c) Third day of August.
(d) Second day of August.

4. 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.

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

6. Who was Leslie Silko?
(a) An Indian author.
(b) A woman lawyer.
(c) A modern author.
(d) A doctor.

7. What did Charles Henry use to downplay the tension during his trip with Basso?
(a) He made a joke.
(b) He started talking in English only.
(c) His missing teeth made pronunciation difficult.
(d) He tried to teach Basso Apache basics.

8. What grants did Keith Basso receive to do his work in Indian country?
(a) The Smithsonian Institution.
(b) The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
(c) The Anthropological Anonymous Association.
(d) The National Science Group of Anthropology.

9. What place does Keith Basso say he visited in the summer 1959?
(a) Cibecue.
(b) Alawalpa.
(c) Apatia.
(d) Pitucha.

10. What is the translation of the name of the place Basso and Charles Henry were at?
(a) River Going Down Between Valley.
(b) Dead Old Woman Sleeping.
(c) Small flowers Became Big.
(d) Water Lies With Mud In An Open Container.

11. How old was Keith Basso in 1959?
(a) 17 years old.
(b) 23 years old.
(c) 24 years old.
(d) 19 years old.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Keith Basso say must be lived as well?

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

3. What does Keith Basso say places are a part of?

4. How long did Basso stay at Charles Henry's house on a break, in "Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors"?

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

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