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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 Ned's uncle usually fix each morning for breakfast?

2. What type of Indian was Ira Hayes?

3. How many men in Ned's platoon learned to swim before he did?

4. What color does Ned's mother wear when Ned leaves for boarding school?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened in April of 1942?

3. How do students survive at boarding school?

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

5. Why did people in America become worried about the Japanese and Germans in Chapter 6?

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

7. In Chapter 6, what happened to Ned when he forgot and spoke Navajo?

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

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

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

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 2

In boarding school, Ned and other children were punished for speaking their native language. How were the children supposed to forget their language, their culture, and everything about being Indian? Were they subjected to cultural genocide?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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