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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When in Chapter 7, was a message sent that the Marines were looking for Navajos who spoke English and Navajo?
(a) March 1942.
(b) May 1942.
(c) June 1942.
(d) April 1942.

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

4. 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 stay on campus during a weekend.
(c) Slapped his hand with a ruller.
(d) Made him drink vinegar.

5. Where is the mission school located that Ned is taken to in Chapter 1?
(a) Many Farms.
(b) Holbrook.
(c) Gallup.
(d) Chinle.

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

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

8. What clan was Ned born for?
(a) Mud.
(b) Reed.
(c) Blue Bird.
(d) Crystal Rock.

9. What was the English name of the singer who was asked to do the Blessingway for Ned before he enlisted in the Marines?
(a) Charles Baker.
(b) Frank Mitchell.
(c) Peter Miller.
(d) Vincent Longbranch.

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

11. What clan was Jacob Benally born to?
(a) Yellow House.
(b) Black Sheep.
(c) Salt.
(d) Zuni.

12. How old was Carl Gorman when he was chosen to be one of the first Navajo Marines?
(a) 38.
(b) 36.
(c) 37.
(d) 35.

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

14. 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) 1915.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1916.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is the high school Ned attends from his home?

2. 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?

3. What words were like magic when Ned had to deal with teachers?

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

5. In Chapter 9, how many Hogan Songs began the evening of the Blessingway ceremony?

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