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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. How far is the boarding school from Ned's home?

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

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

4. When did the Navajo Indian stand ready to aid and defend the U.S. government and its institutions against all subversion and armed conflict?

5. What name does Mr. Reemer give many of the boys?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do students survive at boarding school?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Navajos do in Chapter 7?

10. Where did the idea of using Navajo for a code for battlefield messages come from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) is a sickness of the mind caused by trauma during a battle or other stressful times. How did Ned and other Marines develop PTSD? How did they handle PTSD? Was Ned able to conquer his PTSD?

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 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?

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