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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Ned decide he wants to be someday in Chapter 5?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Athlete.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Doctor.

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

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

6. How many crates of canned goods do the students at Ned's high school collect to send to Japan in Chapter 5?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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) Read a book.
(c) Went to a quiet place and thought.
(d) Hung out with his friends.

15. When Ned joined the Marines, how many other Navajo Indians took the bus from Fort Defiance to Fort Wingate to be sworn in?
(a) Over 60.
(b) About 50.
(c) 65.
(d) 55.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What color dresses are the girls given in Chapter 3?

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

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