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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Keith Basso say the first question in the book is as old as?

2. What does Basso say the maps looked like in mid-July?

3. What did Charles Henry use to downplay the tension during his trip with Basso?

4. What was Snakes' Water?

5. How many places did the three men travel, according to Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the story behind Snakes' Water?

2. Who did Basso receive a grant from?

3. When did Keith Basso first visit Cibecue, and what did he do after graduate school?

4. For the Western Apache, how is history a narrative art?

5. What does sense of place involve?

6. What was the status of the maps as of mid-July?

7. What does Basso say must happen with locally imagined history, in "Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors"?

8. Who was Ronnie Lupe, and what did he suggest?

9. How was the book divided, according to the "Preface?"

10. Who was Morley Cromwell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the story of Snakes' Water and discuss its meaning to the Western Apache.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of Nick Thompson in Basso's study of place names.

Essay Topic 3

Examine how children who do not learn to tie places and names with historical tales are affected.

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