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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Chapter 6, what did Mr. Straight do to Ned when he spoke one word of Navjo?
(a) Set him in front of the class with a dunce cap on his head.
(b) Made him drink vinegar.
(c) Slapped his hand with a ruller.
(d) Made him stay on campus during a weekend.
2. What was the destination of the Long Walk the Navajo had to make?
(a) Fort Defiance.
(b) Bosque Redondo.
(c) Fort Union.
(d) Fort Sumner.
3. When Ned joined the Marines, how many other Navajo Indians took the bus from Fort Defiance to Fort Wingate to be sworn in?
(a) 65.
(b) About 50.
(c) Over 60.
(d) 55.
4. In what sports did the older boys have teams?
(a) Basketball, soccer, and lacrosse.
(b) Baseball and football.
(c) Basketball, baseball, and football.
(d) Basketball and baseball.
5. in 1940, how many people did the Navajo Tribal Council represent?
(a) 60,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 75,000.
6. How many miles were Navajo used to walking to the trading post to carry a 100-pound bag of flour back home?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.
7. What clan was Jacob Benally born to?
(a) Yellow House.
(b) Zuni.
(c) Black Sheep.
(d) Salt.
8. Where does Ned learn Navajo songs and stories?
(a) Dormitories.
(b) By the river.
(c) Basement of the school or by the wood shed.
(d) Woods.
9. When did the Navajo Indian stand ready to aid and defend the U.S. government and its institutions against all subversion and armed conflict?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1917.
10. What high school is Ned able to attend?
(a) Santa Fe High School.
(b) Navajo High School.
(c) Red Cloud High School.
(d) St. Joseph's Indian School.
11. Where was the high school Ned attended in Chapter 7 near tribal offices?
(a) Fort Defiance.
(b) Fort Marcy.
(c) Fort Union.
(d) Fort Bayard.
12. In Chapter 9, what did Ned do between the time between the noon meal and the evening when the Blessingway ceremony began?
(a) Took a nap.
(b) Hung out with his friends.
(c) Went to a quiet place and thought.
(d) Read a book.
13. What color hair does the man have who yells at the Navajo children on their first day at boarding school?
(a) Blond.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.
14. Who in Ned's family had been sent off to school after he went?
(a) 1 younger brother and 3 younger sisters.
(b) 3 younger brothers and younger sister.
(c) 2 young brothers and 2 younger sisters.
(d) 3 younger brothers and 2 younger sisters.
15. After the Long Walk, how many winters were the Navajo kept prisoners?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ned's uncle usually fix each morning for breakfast?
2. How far is the high school Ned attends from his home?
3. In Chapter 6, when did the Navjo Tribal Council pass a special resolution?
4. What was Johnny Manuelito's rank when he was sent to recruit more Navajos for the Marines?
5. How many tall, uniformed Navajo boys cut the hair off Ned and the other children?
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