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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. Where does Basso say the richness of place-names comes from?

2. What do sagas focus on?

3. What happened to the girl in the story told by the group, in Chapter 3?

4. What does Basso say Robert emphasized?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do younger Apache feel about village life, according to Basso?

2. What happened at the end of the summer of 1981?

3. How do local peoples relate to their geography?

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

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

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

7. Who was Lola Machuse?

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

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

10. Why has Basso used Apache conceptions of land?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine cultural constructions discussed by Basso and how they can be understood.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how cultures preserve their history and examine Edward Spicer's argument that despite a love of their history, Western Apaches would not become tribal historians.

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