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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 7, where did the Navajo tribal council meet and declare war on Germany, Japan, and Italy?
2. How old was William Yazzie when he was chosen to be one of the first Navajo Marines?
3. How long does Jacob Benally serve as an interpreter for Ned and the other Navajo children?
4. What color hair does the man have who yells at the Navajo children on their first day at boarding school?
5. in 1940, how many people did the Navajo Tribal Council represent?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ned's uncle retell the history about the Navajo and the Mexicans?
2. Where were Ned and his fellow Navajo recruits taken after graduation day?
3. What did Ned learn about white men in Chapter 10?
4. Why did Navajos have a better chance of getting through boot camp than most white men?
5. What does Ned say about learning to speak and understand English?
6. What does Ned's mother look like when he goes to boarding school for the first time?
7. Who is Jacob Benally?
8. How does Ned get into high school, and what good things are there about high school?
9. Why did people in America become worried about the Japanese and Germans in Chapter 6?
10. In Chapter 6, what happened to Ned when he forgot and spoke Navajo?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?
Essay Topic 2
Teachers at the boarding school treated the Indian students harshly. How would you describe the way that the teachers at the boarding school treated the Indian students? In what way were they harsh? How were they condescending?
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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