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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 7, how long did Ned's parents want him to wait to enlist in the Marines?
(a) Until spring.
(b) Through another winter.
(c) Until fall.
(d) Until he was 17.

2. Usually after how many weeks of boot camp were new recruits given a ten-day pass?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

3. Where does Ned learn Navajo songs and stories?
(a) Woods.
(b) By the river.
(c) Dormitories.
(d) Basement of the school or by the wood shed.

4. In Chapter 7, what time does First Sergeant Frank Shinn give a talk?
(a) 11:30 a.m.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) 11 a.m.
(d) 1:30 p.m.

5. How many inches long were the bayonets the rifles Ned and other carried in Chapter 12?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how long was it supposed to take the men to cross the desert area on foot?

2. How many words were in the secret Navajo code when it began?

3. What does Mr. Reemer do in Chapter 4 when Ned speaks Navajo?

4. When Bill McCable and Sam Begay first send a message in code, how long did it take them?

5. In Chapter 12, what was the second type of rifle that Ned and the others were issued?

(see the answer key)

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