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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many words were in the secret Navajo code when it began?
(a) 270.
(b) 215.
(c) 205.
(d) 265.

2. As the code grew, where would code talkers meet to update everyone on any changes or additions made to the code?
(a) Pearl Harbor.
(b) Diamond Head.
(c) Barbers Point.
(d) Hickam Field.

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

4. What did "Banzai" (123) mean?
(a) 500,000 years.
(b) 10,000 years.
(c) 100,000 years.
(d) 50,000 years.

5. Which division did the general command who wrote, "The Navajos have proved to be excellent Marines, intelligent, industrious . . ." (137)?
(a) Second.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) First.

6. As far as Ned remembered, how many Navajo code talkers received a rank above corporal?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 11.
(d) 0.

7. When did Ned's training end?
(a) August 1943.
(b) June 1943.
(c) July 1943.
(d) May 1943.

8. In Chapter 18, when was there an earthquake?
(a) December 18.
(b) December 1.
(c) December 30.
(d) December 6.

9. In Chapter 12, what was Ned's nickname that Hosteen Mitchel gave him?
(a) Beetle.
(b) Bee.
(c) Ant.
(d) Cricket.

10. What was the name of the general that Sam Begay and Bill McCabe were to report to when they were first sent to the Canal?
(a) General Nimitz.
(b) General Vandegrift.
(c) General Spaatz.
(d) General King.

11. In Chapter 13, how long did it take to send a message in white code?
(a) 180 minutes.
(b) About 5 hours.
(c) At least 4 hours.
(d) 90 minutes.

12. When did Ned and his division practice landing exercises in Chapter 15?
(a) October 17 to 19.
(b) October 9 to 10.
(c) September 30 to October 1.
(d) September 18 to September 30.

13. How many Navajo would work in the field together?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

14. Before being shipped to the South Pacific, how long was the training exercise Ned and his platoon had on the Big Island of Hawaii?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 4 days.

15. In Chapter 14, what type of rifles did Japanese snipers use?
(a) Arisaka bolt action rifles.
(b) .25 caliber rifles.
(c) Kokura rifles.
(d) 99 short rifles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Ned's sixth grade teacher who said he would never go anywhere and would only ever herd sheep?

2. In Chapter 18, who was one of the PT boat pilots that Smitty offered to introduce Ned to?

3. In Chapter 23, what did Smitty pour over Ned's head to wish in the New Year?

4. In Chapter 12, what were the first rifles that Ned and the others were issued?

5. How many white men did Major Shannon try to have become code talkers?

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