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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 are the major narrative genres divided by?
(a) People and place.
(b) Time and place.
(c) Time and purpose.
(d) Purpose and people.

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

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

4. Where does Basso say the richness of place-names comes from?
(a) The way they describe individuals.
(b) How individuals invest themselves in the landscape.
(c) They way they integrate with maps.
(d) How individuals always create new ones.

5. Who does Basso say were often concerned with the connection between American Indian communities and their ecological settings?
(a) Ecologists.
(b) Scholars.
(c) Apaches.
(d) Anthropologists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Basso say infiltrated Western Apache society?

2. In what state is the Cibecue settlement?

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

4. What does Basso say almost ceased to exist in anthropology?

5. How does Basso describe the discussion between the group and the woman whose brother was sick?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to children who do not learn to tie places and names?

7. What does Basso claim about the Apache understanding of communication?

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

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

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

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