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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 Basso say the place-names were used for by the woman whose brother was ill?

2. What did Basso's theoretical discoveries help him make a legal case for?

3. What did the people talking about the ill brother use the place-names for?

4. What does Basso say to pay attention to, in "Chapter 2, Stalking with Stories"?

5. How did the brother became ill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the Cibecue settlement located?

2. What is a distinct characteristic of the Western Apache, according to Basso?

3. How do local peoples relate to their geography?

4. What is the strength of the Western Apache, according to Basso?

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

6. What was the story of the Line of White Rocks Extends Up and Out?

7. Who was Lola Machuse?

8. What must ethnographers be cautious of, in "Chapter 3, Speaking With Names?"

9. What difficulty do linguists have with Western Apache?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of the ethnographer when immersed in a foreign culture with a foreign language.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the major narrative genres for the Cibecue people and examine the purpose of each.

Essay Topic 3

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

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