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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ned's uncle usually fix each morning for breakfast?
(a) Hominy.
(b) Mutton and beans.
(c) Frybread.
(d) Rabbit and beans.

2. In Chapter 5, what American Indian athlete did Ned and other boys wants to be like?
(a) Joe Hipp Blackfeet.
(b) Jim Thorpe.
(c) Lewis Tewanima.
(d) Billy Mills.

3. How long does Jacob Benally serve as an interpreter for Ned and the other Navajo children?
(a) A few hours.
(b) Half a day.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 1 day.

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

5. What color hair does the man have who yells at the Navajo children on their first day at boarding school?
(a) Blond.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

6. In Chapter 1, how old is Ned when he is sent to boarding school?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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

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

9. How old was William Yazzie when he was chosen to be one of the first Navajo Marines?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

10. Where was the high school Ned attended in Chapter 7 near tribal offices?
(a) Fort Bayard.
(b) Fort Marcy.
(c) Fort Defiance.
(d) Fort Union.

11. During World War I, what Indian languages were used to send messages to confuse the enemy?
(a) Cree and Ojibwe.
(b) Cherokee and Chickasaw.
(c) Blackfoot and Apache.
(d) Quechua and Guarani.

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

13. How tall does Ned get to be?
(a) 6 feet 1 inch.
(b) 5 feet 9 inches.
(c) A few inches above 5 feet.
(d) 5 feet 6 inches.

14. 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?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 3 months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, where did the non-Indian Marines go?

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

3. After the Long Walk, how many winters were the Navajo kept prisoners?

4. How many tall, uniformed Navajo boys cut the hair off Ned and the other children?

5. What was the destination of the Long Walk the Navajo had to make?

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