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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was the hair of the Solomon Islanders because they dyed it with lime juice?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

2. What was the name of the general that Sam Begay and Bill McCabe were to report to when they were first sent to the Canal?
(a) General Vandegrift.
(b) General Nimitz.
(c) General King.
(d) General Spaatz.

3. How long after the original Navajo men were enlisted in the Marines did two Navajo men come as instructors for the next group of Navajo recruits?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 4 months.

4. What siblings are born when Ned is in boarding school?
(a) 2 sisters and a brother.
(b) Brother and sister.
(c) 2 brothers.
(d) 3 brothers and a sister.

5. In Chapter 12, who translated the Marine Corps Hymn into Navajo?
(a) John Smith.
(b) John Benally.
(c) Jimmy King.
(d) Ned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of Indian was Ira Hayes?

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

3. How old was Carl Gorman when he was chosen to be one of the first Navajo Marines?

4. As far as Ned remembered, how many Navajo code talkers received a rank above corporal?

5. How long did it take the Marines to secure Guadalcanal?

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