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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 is the translation of the name of the place Basso and Charles Henry were at?

2. What was Charles Henry's nephew's name?

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

4. What does Basso argue Spicer judges the Apache with?

5. Who was Leslie Silko?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Western Apache see Anglo-American history according to Basso?

2. Who was Morley Cromwell?

3. What does sense of place involve?

4. What does Basso say happens when we lose our place, in the "Preface"?

5. What did Charles downplay about Basso?

6. In what cultures does place-making occur?

7. What does each chapter of Wisdom Sits in Places focus on and why?

8. How long did Basso's project last?

9. What did part of Basso's research involve?

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

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 how industrialism changed the Western Apache in Cibecue.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the strengths Basso found in the language of the Western Apache and how it differs from other languages.

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