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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. 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.

2. How many code talkers were recommended for every signal company in Chapter 19?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. What songs were sung during a ceremonial dance in Chapter 12?
(a) Rainbow and Earth songs.
(b) Riding and Bluebird songs.
(c) House and Mountain songs.
(d) Sun and Moon song.

4. In Chapter 15, how many men were in the Third Division, Ninth Regiment?
(a) 17,000.
(b) 11,000.
(c) 21,000.
(d) 14,000.

5. In Chapter 12, who translated the Marine Corps Hymn into Navajo?
(a) Ned.
(b) John Smith.
(c) Jimmy King.
(d) John Benally.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ned's training end?

2. In Chapter 12, what was the second type of rifle that Ned and the others were issued?

3. In Chapter 19, how many code talkers was each Marine division expected to have?

4. In Chapter 15, how long was it supposed to take the men to cross the desert area on foot?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 22, why was Ned sent to Hawaii?

2. How did the Marines in the Pacific get things?

3. What did it take to secure Guadalcanal?

4. What happened the first time that Bill McCabe and Sam Begay used Navajo code?

5. What was it like on Pavavu?

6. What wass the geography like on Bougainville?

7. What was Operation Cartwheel?

8. What happened to the Japanese women and children on Saipan when the Marines invaded and why?

9. In Chapter 15, what desert exercise did Ned participate in, and why did the whites do so poorly?

10. Of the 12 landing zones in Chapter 17, why was Blue Beach the worst?

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