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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 was the D-day for Saipan in Chapter 20?
(a) June 15, 1944.
(b) May 17, 1944.
(c) July 3, 1944.
(d) August 11, 1944.

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

3. How did Samuel kill chickens on Saipan?
(a) Bayonet.
(b) Rifle.
(c) Boomerang.
(d) Slingshot.

4. What word was assigned to the letter Z in Chapter 12?
(a) Zipper.
(b) Zinc.
(c) Zoo.
(d) Zucchini.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How high were the hills on the bluffs when Ned and the other Marines landed in Chapter 21?

2. In Chapter 18, when was there an earthquake?

3. How many months did Ned spend on Bougainville?

4. What grade was Ned's sister in who wrote a letter their parents dictated that Ned received in Chapter 18?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when the invasion of Guam was delayed?

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

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

4. What was it like on Pavavu?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Ned see from the ship when the shelling began on Bougainville?

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