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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. Where did the brother fall ill?
(a) Line of Trees Where You Fell Ill.
(b) Line of White Rocks Extends Up And Out.
(c) His home.
(d) The hospital.

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

3. 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) It crowds the hearer's ability to cooperate.
(c) They usually don't remember.
(d) Each person has its own story.

4. What does Nick say Apache stories were made for?
(a) To put to sleep.
(b) To entertain.
(c) To humiliate.
(d) To make an impression on the individual.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the girl in the story told by the group, in Chapter 3?

2. What does Basso say of the residents of Cibecue?

3. What did Basso use to explain the effect of symbolism on individuals?

4. Whose brother does Basso overhear became ill while visiting Lola?

5. How many forms of speech did the Cibecue have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Basso advise people to pay attention to, in "Chapter 2, Stalking with Stories?"

2. What does the land make people do, according to the Western Apache?

3. How do local peoples relate to their geography?

4. What do younger Apache feel about village life, according to Basso?

5. What can't materialist models not give an explanation of?

6. What is a distinct characteristic of the Western Apache, according to Basso?

7. What do place-names generate?

8. What is the strength of the Western Apache, according to Basso?

9. What looks after the Western Apache, according to Basso?

10. What must ethnographers be cautious of, in "Chapter 3, Speaking With Names?"

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