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

2. How does Basso describe the discussion between the group and the woman whose brother was sick?
(a) Casual.
(b) Clear.
(c) Cryptic.
(d) Meaningless.

3. How long does Basso say he had known Nick Thompson?
(a) 22 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 20 years.

4. What happened to people that commit immoral deeds in Cibecue's tales?
(a) They learned from their mistakes.
(b) They won.
(c) They lost respect in themselves.
(d) They were humiliated, exiled, or killed.

5. What does Basso say of the conversation about the ill brother?
(a) It was short.
(b) It was uncomfortable for everyone.
(c) It was joyful.
(d) It lasted all night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must ethnographers become familiar with, according to Basso?

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

3. What does Basso say cannot give a full explanation of the connection between American Indian communities and their ecological settings?

4. Basso says that tales merge elements of _____?

5. What type of events does Basso say the Apaches did not have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Lola Machuse?

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

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

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

6. What does "speaking with names" illustrate?

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

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

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

10. What difficulty do linguists have with Western Apache?

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