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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, when did the Navjo Tribal Council pass a special resolution?
(a) July 1940
(b) June 1940.
(c) August 1940.
(d) May 1940.

2. After the Long Walk, how many winters were the Navajo kept prisoners?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

3. What name does Mr. Reemer give many of the boys?
(a) John.
(b) David.
(c) Paul.
(d) Luke.

4. What clan was Jacob Benally born to?
(a) Black Sheep.
(b) Yellow House.
(c) Salt.
(d) Zuni.

5. In Chapter 9, what did Ned do between the time between the noon meal and the evening when the Blessingway ceremony began?
(a) Hung out with his friends.
(b) Read a book.
(c) Took a nap.
(d) Went to a quiet place and thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men in Ned's platoon learned to swim before he did?

2. What high school is Ned able to attend?

3. Who in Ned's family had been sent off to school after he went?

4. When Ned joined the Marines, how many other Navajo Indians took the bus from Fort Defiance to Fort Wingate to be sworn in?

5. What color does Ned's mother wear when Ned leaves for boarding school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the idea of using Navajo for a code for battlefield messages come from?

2. What did Ned tell the recruiter when he went to enlist?

3. How do students survive at boarding school?

4. How does Ned's uncle retell the history about the Navajo and the Mexicans?

5. What did Frank Mitchell say to Ned about the Golden Rule?

6. How does Ned get into high school, and what good things are there about high school?

7. What did Navajos do in Chapter 7?

8. Who were chosen for the first Navajo platoon, and how long did it take to hear from them?

9. What is the journey like to boarding school in Chapter 2?

10. In Chapter 6, what happened to Ned when he forgot and spoke Navajo?

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