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

2. What does Basso say generated a wide range of cognitive associations?
(a) Place-names.
(b) Sagas.
(c) Stories.
(d) History.

3. How old was Lola Machuse in the book?
(a) 63 years old.
(b) 60 years old.
(c) 61 years old.
(d) 62 years old.

4. At what elevation can the Cibecue settlement be found?
(a) 5,900 feet.
(b) 1,900 feet.
(c) 3,900 feet.
(d) 4,900 feet.

5. What does Basso say historical tales are often about?
(a) Stories of miseries.
(b) The person they are told to.
(c) The clan.
(d) The person that tells them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Basso say ethnographers immersed in a foreign culture with a foreign language must be cautious and understanding of, in "Chapter 3, Speaking With Names"?

2. When did Nick Thompson claim to have been born?

3. What problem does Basso say using place-names in the conversation about the brother solve?

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

5. What does Basso say ecological studies cannot fully account for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How can cultural constructions be understood, according to Basso?

6. What difficulty do linguists have with Western Apache?

7. Why does Basso think the Western Apache emphasize the importance of the land?

8. What does Nick Thompson encourage Basso to do in June 1980, and what did Nick maintain about the Western Apache?

9. What happened to Louise's brother, and what did the Apaches say?

10. How can one understand the landscape according to Basso?

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