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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to legend, why were the owners of Shades of Shit forced to stay home?
(a) It was raining.
(b) It was snowing.
(c) They refused to share their toilet.
(d) They refused to share their corn.

2. What advice from Dudley Patterson does Keith Basso say he followed?
(a) He learned.
(b) He wrote a book.
(c) He slept.
(d) He left.

3. What does Basso argue Spicer judges the Apache with?
(a) Third world standards.
(b) Western Standards.
(c) American standards.
(d) Backward standards.

4. How many places did the three men travel, according to Chapter 1?
(a) 12 places.
(b) 17 places.
(c) 19 places.
(d) 13 places.

5. How many articles does Keith say he wrote on the place he visited in 1959?
(a) 6 articles.
(b) 8 articles.
(c) 1 article.
(d) 5 articles.

6. What was Satre, according to Keith Basso?
(a) A modern author.
(b) A captivating anti-hero.
(c) A good ethnographer.
(d) A modern philosopher.

7. Which of the places does Charles Henry say were created first?
(a) Place-nouns.
(b) Place-peoples.
(c) Place-worlds.
(d) Place-names.

8. What did the chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe determine it would be unwise to do?
(a) Publish Keith's map.
(b) Sell the maps to non-Apache.
(c) Leave the reservation before the maps were done.
(d) Hire Charles Henry.

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

10. What was Charles Henry's nephew's name?
(a) Joe.
(b) Mark.
(c) Jason.
(d) Thomas.

11. What happened to Basso's nose, in "Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors"?
(a) It was cut.
(b) It was shot.
(c) It bled.
(d) He was stung by hornets.

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

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

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

15. What was Snakes' Water named for?
(a) Snakes blocked the Apache from accessing the water.
(b) The river was shaped like a snake.
(c) It was where snakes reproduce.
(d) It was where snakes were killed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Snakes' Water?

3. Who were the Apache hiding from, according to Keith?

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

5. What does Charles Henry think was disrespectful in Keith Basso?

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