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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Basso's theoretical discoveries help him make a legal case for?
(a) Western Apache election rights.
(b) Western Apache land rights.
(c) Western Apache casino rights.
(d) Western Apache land claims.

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

3. What problem does Basso say using place-names in the conversation about the brother solve?
(a) The need to be nice to his sister.
(b) The need to lie.
(c) The need to speak the truth.
(d) The need to judge him.

4. What does Basso say nearly all the place-names are in the Western Apache Language?
(a) Complete sentences.
(b) Long.
(c) Without meaning.
(d) Cryptic.

5. What did the sister of the ill man say after Robert's intervention?
(a) That he would be missed.
(b) That she loved him.
(c) That her dad was as stupid.
(d) That nothing more needed to be said.

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

7. What did Basso use to explain the effect of symbolism on individuals?
(a) Apache conceptions of people.
(b) Apache conceptions of history.
(c) Apache conceptions of land.
(d) Apache conceptions of water.

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

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

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

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

12. What do tales force individuals to do?
(a) Kill themselves.
(b) Admit social failings.
(c) Exile themselves.
(d) Have fun.

13. What type of events does Basso say the Apaches did not have?
(a) Placeless.
(b) Roads.
(c) Good memory.
(d) Rights to their own land.

14. What was Nick's comment as Basso left Cibecue?
(a) "Goodness is all around Cibecue."
(b) "Your work is invaluable."
(c) "I cannot work for you next season."
(d) "You are a good friend."

15. Why can't the Apache be too specific when telling a story, according to Basso?
(a) The story needs to change to stay entertaining.
(b) Each person has its own story.
(c) They usually don't remember.
(d) It crowds the hearer's ability to cooperate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the woman think of her ill brother, according to Basso?

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

3. How long does Basso say he had known Nick Thompson?

4. What happened to people that commit immoral deeds in Cibecue's tales?

5. How old was Lola Machuse in the book?

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