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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. What does Mr. Reemer do in Chapter 4 when Ned speaks Navajo?

2. What type of pollen was sprinkled on the earth into crosses where Ned knelt?

3. How long is John Roanhorse chained in the basement when he refuses to quit speaking Navajo?

4. In Chapter 9, what did Ned do between the time between the noon meal and the evening when the Blessingway ceremony began?

5. In Chapter 6, when did the Navjo Tribal Council pass a special resolution?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Frank Mitchell say to Ned about the Golden Rule?

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

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

5. What did Ned tell the recruiter when he went to enlist?

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

7. What happens when Ned sepaks to Mr. Reamer the second day at the mission school in Navajo?

8. Where were Ned and his fellow Navajo recruits taken after graduation day?

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

10. Why did Navajos have a better chance of getting through boot camp than most white men?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Japanese viewed war differently than the Americans and Europeans did. How did the Japanese view war differently than the Americans and Europeans did? How did the way they viewed war affect how they treated prisoners of war?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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