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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words would preface messages in Navajo code to alert radio operators that the Navajo were not the enemy?
(a) California or Arizona.
(b) Utah or Montana.
(c) Arizona or New Mexico.
(d) Colorado or New Mexico.

2. How high were the hills on the bluffs when Ned and the other Marines landed in Chapter 21?
(a) At least 200 feet.
(b) 300 feet.
(c) About 180 feet.
(d) 210 feet.

3. Where was Ned injured in Guam in Chapter 22?
(a) Thigh.
(b) Shoulder.
(c) Back.
(d) Hip.

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

5. Where was the code kept?
(a) Each man had a copy.
(b) Camp Elliott.
(c) Pentagon.
(d) Pearl Harbor and Camp Elliott.

6. What color was the hair of the Solomon Islanders because they dyed it with lime juice?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

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

8. 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 King.
(b) General Vandegrift.
(c) General Nimitz.
(d) General Spaatz.

9. While Ned's division was on Eniwetok, how long were other Marine units kept cooped up on transport ships waiting in Chapter 21?
(a) Almost 2 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) About 3 months.
(d) 5 months.

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

11. How many meals were C-ration packages supposed to provide?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

12. In Chapter 12, what was the second type of rifle that Ned and the others were issued?
(a) Winchester 1912.
(b) M1903.
(c) Winchester 1897.
(d) M-1.

13. In Chapter 12, how much money was Ned's platoon given to finance a ceremonial dance?
(a) $40.
(b) $25.
(c) $20.
(d) $30.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many inches long were the bayonets the rifles Ned and other carried in Chapter 12?

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

3. As far as Ned remembered, how many Navajo code talkers received a rank above corporal?

4. During World War II, about how many Navajo Marines were there other than code talkers?

5. How long would the taste of the Atrabrine pills that Ned had to take stay with him?

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