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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charles Henry think was disrespectful in Keith Basso?
(a) He thought he was better than him.
(b) He wanted to see secret places.
(c) He wanted to learn Apache quickly.
(d) He didn't speak Apache.

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

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

4. Who taught Charles Henry the story of Shades of Shit?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His grandmother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Apaches looking for that named the place Basso and Charles Henry were at?

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 say was easy even without a written history?

4. What does Keith Basso say does not have a sense of place?

5. What does Keith Basso say the Apache constructions of place reach deeply into?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Keith Basso first visit Cibecue, and what did he do after graduate school?

2. What does Basso say happens when we lose our place, in the "Preface"?

3. How long did Basso's project last?

4. How was the book divided, according to the "Preface?"

5. What does place-making help construct?

6. What does each chapter of Wisdom Sits in Places focus on and why?

7. What does Basso say must happen with locally imagined history, in "Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors"?

8. What did Charles downplay about Basso?

9. In what cultures does place-making occur?

10. What does sense of place involve?

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