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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-Author's Note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far is the boarding school from Ned's home?
(a) More than 100 miles.
(b) 200 miles.
(c) 180 miles.
(d) About 50 miles.

2. When did Ned and his division practice landing exercises in Chapter 15?
(a) October 17 to 19.
(b) September 30 to October 1.
(c) October 9 to 10.
(d) September 18 to September 30.

3. In Chapter 25, how long were heavy bombs dropped on Iwo Jima before troops landed?
(a) 15 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 11 weeks.
(d) 5 months.

4. In Chapter 1, who in Ned's family has been to the white man's school?
(a) Father.
(b) Uncle.
(c) 2 aunts.
(d) Mother.

5. Before being shipped to the South Pacific, how long was the training exercise Ned and his platoon had on the Big Island of Hawaii?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 4 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word was assigned to the letter Z in Chapter 12?

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

3. What is the subject of a social studies paper Ned writes his first year in high school?

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

5. In Chapter 24, how many miles of tunnels did Ned say there were on Iwo Jima?

(see the answer key)

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