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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Speaking With Names.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Snakes' Water?
(a) An inactive spring.
(b) A large snake pit.
(c) A boot factory.
(d) A small stream.

2. What years was Keith Basso's project spread across?
(a) 1979-1981.
(b) 1976-1984.
(c) 1975-1982.
(d) 1979-1984.

3. Where was Basso's bitten by the centipede?
(a) His foot.
(b) His head.
(c) His hand.
(d) His leg.

4. Why can't the Apache be too specific when telling a story, according to Basso?
(a) It crowds the hearer's ability to cooperate.
(b) Each person has its own story.
(c) They usually don't remember.
(d) The story needs to change to stay entertaining.

5. Who told the story, to the girl on her birthday, of the Apache policeman that acted like a white man?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Basso say almost ceased to exist in anthropology?

2. What does Basso say Chapter 2 focuses on?

3. What does Basso say is used to expand the imagination?

4. What does Basso say the story might have been?

5. What were the Apaches looking for that named the place Basso and Charles Henry were at?

(see the answer key)

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