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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what did Smitty pour over Ned's head to wish in the New Year?
(a) Beer.
(b) Coke.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Whiskey.

2. What was the D-day for Saipan in Chapter 20?
(a) May 17, 1944.
(b) July 3, 1944.
(c) August 11, 1944.
(d) June 15, 1944.

3. To what division was Ned assigned to the signal corps in Chapter 13?
(a) First Division.
(b) Fourth Division.
(c) Second Division.
(d) Third Division.

4. What word was assigned to the letter Z in Chapter 12?
(a) Zoo.
(b) Zipper.
(c) Zinc.
(d) Zucchini.

5. How many men from Ned's class of code talkers were chosen to be new instructors?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

6. In Chapter 21, when was the Third Marine Division supposed to land on Guam before Admiral Spruance sent the Twenty-seventh Army Division?
(a) June 21.
(b) June 30.
(c) June 1.
(d) June 18.

7. How far did Gene-Gene, sort of a chief of the Solomon Islanders, swim through shark- and crocodile-infested waters to tell an American Ranger squad where the Japanese were?
(a) 3 miles.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 3 1/2 miles.
(d) 2 1/2 miles.

8. What grade was Ned's sister in who wrote a letter their parents dictated that Ned received in Chapter 18?
(a) 5th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 6th.

9. In Chapter 19, how many code talkers was each Marine division expected to have?
(a) 100.
(b) 80.
(c) 110.
(d) 90.

10. How many white men did Major Shannon try to have become code talkers?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

11. When Bill McCable and Sam Begay first send a message in code, how long did it take them?
(a) 2 minutes.
(b) 3 minutes.
(c) 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
(d) 3 minuts and 45 seconds.

12. When was the first time that Ned saw an enemy soldier?
(a) November 30.
(b) November 7.
(c) November 19.
(d) November 21.

13. In honor of the birthday of the Marines, how long were the Second and Third Raider Battalions moved off the front line and allowed to rest?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 1 weeks.
(d) 2 weeks.

14. How long would the taste of the Atrabrine pills that Ned had to take stay with him?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) Hours.

15. How long did it take the Marines to secure Guadalcanal?
(a) 10 month.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 7 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how much money was Ned's platoon given to finance a ceremonial dance?

2. When did Ned and his division practice landing exercises in Chapter 15?

3. When were the Marianas Islands the next target in the Marine island-hopping campaign?

4. Before being shipped to the South Pacific, how long was the training exercise Ned and his platoon had on the Big Island of Hawaii?

5. In Chapter 15, how many men were in the Third Division, Ninth Regiment?

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