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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Keith Basso say the human attachments to places remain?
(a) A disputed field.
(b) A well documented fact.
(c) An understudied field.
(d) An enigma.

3. When did Edward Spicer say Western Apache would not become tribal historians?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1969.

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

5. How do the Apache see the past, according to Basso?
(a) As a woman.
(b) As a field.
(c) As a trail.
(d) As a river.

6. What was Juniper Tree Stands Alone?
(a) A river.
(b) A sandy area.
(c) A forest.
(d) A flat area containing houses.

7. What does Keith Basso say one cannot do all the time, despite it being captivating?
(a) Talk.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Travel.
(d) Study.

8. What subtle element does Keith Basso say would assert the sense of place?
(a) A memory.
(b) An absent smell.
(c) A friend.
(d) A green door.

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

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

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

12. 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) Hire Charles Henry.
(d) Leave the reservation before the maps were done.

13. What does Basso argue history is for the Western Apache?
(a) Irrelevant.
(b) A craft.
(c) Worthy of songs.
(d) Taught by the elders.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice from Dudley Patterson does Keith Basso say he followed?

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

3. What does Keith Basso argue our sense of place is as natural as?

4. What were two of the places Basso went to explained to him as being?

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

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