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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. How long after the original Navajo men were enlisted in the Marines did two Navajo men come as instructors for the next group of Navajo recruits?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 4 months.

2. How many crates of canned goods do the students at Ned's high school collect to send to Japan in Chapter 5?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. How tall does Ned get to be?
(a) 5 feet 6 inches.
(b) A few inches above 5 feet.
(c) 6 feet 1 inch.
(d) 5 feet 9 inches.

4. In Chapter 11, where did the non-Indian Marines go?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Furlough.
(c) Pacific.
(d) Hawaii.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of a social studies paper Ned writes his first year in high school?

2. In Chapter 7, how long did Ned's parents want him to wait to enlist in the Marines?

3. Where is the mission school located that Ned is taken to in Chapter 1?

4. What name does Mr. Reemer give many of the boys?

5. During World War I, what Indian languages were used to send messages to confuse the enemy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ned say about learning to speak and understand English?

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

4. What clothes are the Navajo children given when they come to the boarding school?

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

6. Why did people in America become worried about the Japanese and Germans in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

10. How do students survive at boarding school?

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