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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color does Ned's mother wear when Ned leaves for boarding school?
(a) Cream.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Red.

2. How long had it been since Ned's Blessingway ceremony in Chapter 9?
(a) 60 years.
(b) 55 years.
(c) 57 years.
(d) 63 years.

3. How many men in Ned's platoon learned to swim before he did?
(a) 14.
(b) 2.
(c) 26.
(d) All of them.

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

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

6. In what Marine platoon was Ned?
(a) 303rd.
(b) 297th.
(c) 219th.
(d) 286th.

7. During the Blessingway ceremony, how many pinches of pollen was Ned given to eat?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

8. What high school is Ned able to attend?
(a) Santa Fe High School.
(b) St. Joseph's Indian School.
(c) Navajo High School.
(d) Red Cloud High School.

9. What type of Indian was Ira Hayes?
(a) Arapho.
(b) Paiute.
(c) Chitmacha.
(d) Pima.

10. Who says goodbye to Ned from his bed in Chapter 1?
(a) Great-aunt.
(b) Great-grandfather.
(c) Great-grandmother.
(d) Great-uncle.

11. Who takes Ned to the boarding school?
(a) Father.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Grandfather.

12. What image is on the back of Ned's medal?
(a) Indian on a horse.
(b) Indian by a tipi.
(c) Indian by a river.
(d) Mountain.

13. In Chapter 11, where did the non-Indian Marines go?
(a) Furlough.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Pacific.

14. How old was Ned when the attack came on Pearl Harbor?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

15. How far is the high school Ned attends from his home?
(a) 25 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 30 miles.
(d) 15 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many crates of canned goods do the students at Ned's high school collect to send to Japan in Chapter 5?

2. What clan was Ned born for?

3. in 1940, how many people did the Navajo Tribal Council represent?

4. How far is the boarding school from Ned's home?

5. In Chapter 5, what American Indian athlete did Ned and other boys wants to be like?

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