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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. Where is the mission school located that Ned is taken to in Chapter 1?

2. After the Long Walk, how many winters were the Navajo kept prisoners?

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

4. How far is the high school Ned attends from his home?

5. In what sports did the older boys have teams?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were chosen for the first Navajo platoon, and how long did it take to hear from them?

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

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

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

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

6. What happened in April of 1942?

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

8. How do students survive at boarding school?

9. How does Ned say goodbye to his great-grandfather?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not realistic fiction?

Essay Topic 2

In the Marines, Ned learned important things about whites and Indians. What important things did Ned learn about whites and Indians in the Marines? Why did he realize that white men were not superior to Indians?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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