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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. When was Ned and the Marine Corps birthday?
(a) November 17.
(b) November 5.
(c) November 10.
(d) November 2.

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

3. What was the name of the Corporal who taught Ned and the others Morse Code?
(a) Wilkins.
(b) Price.
(c) Radant.
(d) Chester.

4. When were the Marianas Islands the next target in the Marine island-hopping campaign?
(a) May 1944.
(b) July 1944.
(c) June 1944.
(d) August 1944.

5. In Chapter 21, when was the Third Marine Division supposed to land on Guam before Admiral Spruance sent the Twenty-seventh Army Division?
(a) June 1.
(b) June 21.
(c) June 30.
(d) June 18.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did "Banzai" (123) mean?

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

4. Before being shipped to the South Pacific, how long was the training exercise Ned and his platoon had on the Big Island of Hawaii?

5. How many Navajo would work in the field together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the code talkers go back to Hawaii in Chapter 19?

2. What was the warrior's code for the Japanese?

3. How did Ned try to avoid taking Atabrine, and how did the watch officer get him and the other Navajos to take it?

4. Why was Hawaii very different for Ned?

5. What ideas did the Japanese have about war and how did they treat prisoners of war?

6. What was Operation Forager?

7. What was it like on Pavavu?

8. What advice did George Kirk give Ned and why?

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

10. How were Ned and the others allowed to speak their language at Camp Elliott and how did it make them feel?

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