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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Basso say Robert emphasized?
(a) "He will get better with time."
(b) "Pleasantness and goodness will be forthcoming."
(c) "Learning from one's mistake is hardly a human trait."
(d) "He will learn from his mistake."

2. What does Basso say the place-names were used for by the woman whose brother was ill?
(a) To complain about him.
(b) To wish for his speedy recovery.
(c) To hear her ancestors.
(d) To quiet her down.

3. What do the Cibecue think the land makes people?
(a) Rich.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Moral.
(d) Happy.

4. What does Basso say ecological studies cannot fully account for?
(a) How Apache did not kill all the rattlesnakes.
(b) How people interacted with nature.
(c) How individuals make and act on cultural meanings.
(d) How animals reproduce.

5. What do sagas focus on?
(a) Modern times.
(b) Long stories.
(c) Fun stories.
(d) Ancient times.

6. What happened to the girl in the story told by the group, in Chapter 3?
(a) She was bitten by a snake.
(b) She ate a dead horse.
(c) She was stung by a bee.
(d) She ate a berry.

7. What did the girl in the story learn from her misfortune?
(a) Not to eat mushrooms.
(b) To learn from her mistakes.
(c) To act rightly.
(d) To trust the elders.

8. What does Basso say Lola did when she revealed where the brother fell ill?
(a) She took a risk.
(b) She made fun of the man.
(c) She lied.
(d) She betrayed her friend's trust.

9. When does "Chapter 2, Stalking with Stories" start?
(a) June 1981.
(b) June 1982.
(c) June 1984.
(d) June 1980.

10. Basso says that tales merge elements of _____?
(a) Time, space, and symbols.
(b) Time and symbols.
(c) Time and space.
(d) Space and symbols.

11. Where did the story told by Emily happen?
(a) Where the Trees Grow.
(b) Green Pasture Where Horses Drink.
(c) Utha.
(d) Whiteness Spreads Out Descending To Water.

12. What does Basso say ecological studies focus on?
(a) Pollution.
(b) The planet.
(c) The plants.
(d) Systemic level.

13. What does Basso say of the residents of Cibecue?
(a) They were elderly.
(b) They were eager to talk with each other.
(c) They were poor.
(d) They wanted to leave.

14. What does Basso say to pay attention to, in "Chapter 2, Stalking with Stories"?
(a) Claims people make about themselves.
(b) Who told the story.
(c) The lesson the story is teaching.
(d) History.

15. What does Basso say the Western Apache discourse is a product of?
(a) Stories.
(b) Inative syllables.
(c) Utterance and inaction.
(d) Interlocking utterances and actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Basso say is difficult for linguists to explain?

2. Who did Nick Thompson claim needed printed maps?

3. What were Western Apaches increasingly emphasizing, according to Basso?

4. What did the people talking about the ill brother use the place-names for?

5. What was Nick just recovering from in 1981, according to Basso?

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