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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how old is Ned when he is sent to boarding school?

2. In what Marine platoon was Ned?

3. Who says goodbye to Ned from his bed in Chapter 1?

4. How long had it been since Ned's Blessingway ceremony in Chapter 9?

5. How old was Ned when the attack came on Pearl Harbor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when John Roanhorse refuses to quick speaking Navajo?

2. Why is it a big deal to cut off the Navajo children's hair?

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

4. What did Ned learn about white men in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do students survive at boarding school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The code talkers were trained in secrecy. Why were the code talkers trained in secrecy? Why did they have to keep the code in their head? Why was the code not written down and carried into battle?

Essay Topic 2

Ned and other Navajo tried not to take their malaria pills. Why did Ned and other Navajo try not to take their malaria pill? How were they forced to take the pills? Why should they have been grateful that they were made to take the pills?

Essay Topic 3

The Navajos were poor and did not have many of the advantages the white men had who attended boot camp. What deprivations did the Navajo experience at home? How did the deprivation and difficult lives the Navajos led make them well suited to the physical challenges of boot camp?

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