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

2. What does Basso say almost ceased to exist in anthropology?
(a) Field studies.
(b) Studies of places.
(c) Study of the American Indian place-name systems.
(d) Good professors.

3. What do tales force individuals to do?
(a) Exile themselves.
(b) Have fun.
(c) Kill themselves.
(d) Admit social failings.

4. Why couldn't Lola say that the brother did nothing wrong or openly censure him, according to Basso?
(a) She didn't know the man well enough.
(b) She didn't want to get involved.
(c) The sister of the ill man was her friend.
(d) The sister of the ill man was candid about her pain.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did Basso leave Cibecue in 1981?

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

5. How did the brother became ill?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What difficulty do linguists have with Western Apache?

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

6. What does "speaking with names" illustrate?

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

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

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

10. Where is the Cibecue settlement located?

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