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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. When did Nick Thompson claim to have been born?

2. How old was Lola Machuse in the book?

3. What do children become that do not not learn to tie places and names with historical tales?

4. What does Nick say Apache stories were made for?

5. Why can't the Apache be too specific when telling a story, according to Basso?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the Cibecue settlement located?

2. What looks after the Western Apache, according to Basso?

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

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

5. What do place-names generate?

6. What does "speaking with names" illustrate?

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

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

9. What can't materialist models not give an explanation of?

10. Why has Basso used Apache conceptions of land?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine how local people relate themselves to their geography and how one can understand the landscape.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the hunting metaphor used in "Chapter 2, Stalking with Stories."

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