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

2. What did Lola provide Basso that allowed him to understand the conversation about the ill brother?
(a) Police reports.
(b) Access to the hospital.
(c) Some background references.
(d) A picture of the brother.

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

4. What do children become that do not not learn to tie places and names with historical tales?
(a) Less moral.
(b) Bankers.
(c) More moral.
(d) Intellectualy limited.

5. Whose brother does Basso overhear became ill while visiting Lola?
(a) Martha's.
(b) Louise's.
(c) Lola's.
(d) Sophie's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the story told by Emily happen?

2. What does Basso say generated a wide range of cognitive associations?

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

4. What was Nick just recovering from in 1981, according to Basso?

5. What does speaking with names produce according to Basso?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do local peoples relate to their geography?

2. Why has Basso used Apache conceptions of land?

3. Who was Lola Machuse?

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

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

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

7. Where is the Cibecue settlement located?

8. What difficulty do linguists have with Western Apache?

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

10. What does "speaking with names" illustrate?

(see the answer keys)

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