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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Keith Basso's project take?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 24 months.
(c) 12 months.
(d) 8 months.

2. How many years did Keith Basso say he had spent in a village of Western Apaches when he stumbled onto place-names?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 15 years.

3. What was Keith Basso's mother's name?
(a) Sophie S. Basso.
(b) Margarette S. Basso.
(c) Etolia S. Basso.
(d) Lila S. Basso.

4. What does Keith Basso say the answer to the first question in the book is?
(a) Elusive.
(b) Simple.
(c) Complex.
(d) Impossible to tell.

5. What does Keith Basso say places were creating a means of in "Chapter 1, Quoting the Ancestors"?
(a) Events.
(b) Personal worth.
(c) Historical imagination.
(d) People.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Edward Spicer say Western Apache would not become tribal historians?

2. What does Basso argue history is for the Western Apache?

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

4. Who was Leslie Silko?

5. How old was Charles Henry at the time the book was written?

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