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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 18, how long had it been since the Marine Corps was founded?
(a) 142 years.
(b) 117 years.
(c) 119 years.
(d) 138 years.

2. As the code grew, where would code talkers meet to update everyone on any changes or additions made to the code?
(a) Hickam Field.
(b) Barbers Point.
(c) Diamond Head.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

3. Who in Ned's family had been sent off to school after he went?
(a) 2 young brothers and 2 younger sisters.
(b) 3 younger brothers and 2 younger sisters.
(c) 3 younger brothers and younger sister.
(d) 1 younger brother and 3 younger sisters.

4. During World War II, about how many Navajo Marines were there other than code talkers?
(a) At least 100.
(b) About 150.
(c) 110.
(d) 90.

5. In Chapter 12, what was Ned's nickname that Hosteen Mitchel gave him?
(a) Beetle.
(b) Ant.
(c) Bee.
(d) Cricket.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long would the taste of the Atrabrine pills that Ned had to take stay with him?

2. How many miles were Navajo used to walking to the trading post to carry a 100-pound bag of flour back home?

3. When First Sergeant Frank Shinn asked for Navajo recruits, how old could recruits be?

4. What words would preface messages in Navajo code to alert radio operators that the Navajo were not the enemy?

5. What was the name of the Corporal who taught Ned and the others Morse Code?

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