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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 Basso say the Western Apache discourse is a product of?
(a) Interlocking utterances and actions.
(b) Inative syllables.
(c) Utterance and inaction.
(d) Stories.

2. How many children did Lola Machuse have?
(a) 8 children.
(b) 9 children.
(c) 5 children.
(d) 4 children.

3. Who did Nick Thompson claim needed printed maps?
(a) White men.
(b) Women.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Apache.

4. 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.

5. What does Basso say cannot give a full explanation of the connection between American Indian communities and their ecological settings?
(a) City dwelling models.
(b) American models.
(c) Materialist models.
(d) Anthropomorphic models.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the people speaking of the ill brother construct, according to Basso?

4. How does Basso say the Apache understand communication?

5. At what elevation can the Cibecue settlement be found?

Short Essay Questions

1. What difficulty do linguists have with Western Apache?

2. What does "speaking with names" illustrate?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the story of the Line of White Rocks Extends Up and Out?

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