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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. What siblings are born when Ned is in boarding school?
(a) 2 sisters and a brother.
(b) 2 brothers.
(c) 3 brothers and a sister.
(d) Brother and sister.

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

3. When did the Navajo Indian stand ready to aid and defend the U.S. government and its institutions against all subversion and armed conflict?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1917.

4. Who does Ned's uncle say made the final war against the Navajos?
(a) Kit Carson.
(b) Manuel Antonio Chaves.
(c) Col. Edwin Sumner.
(d) James H. Carleton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is the high school Ned attends from his home?

2. How long is John Roanhorse chained in the basement when he refuses to quit speaking Navajo?

3. What clan was Jacob Benally born to?

4. How many weeks does it take to choose the men for the first group of Navajo Marines?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do students survive at boarding school?

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

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

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

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

6. What was the only condition that Ned's parents had when he asked to be able to enlist in Chapter 9?

7. What happens when Ned sepaks to Mr. Reamer the second day at the mission school in Navajo?

8. What does Ned's mother look like when he goes to boarding school for the first time?

9. Where were Ned and his fellow Navajo recruits taken after graduation day?

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

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