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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 tall was the birthday cake in Chapter 18 for the Marine Corps?
2. How many men in the Japanese garrison on Saipan were wiped out?
3. What did Ned always carry with him and used when he greeted the dawn?
4. What was the name of Ned's sixth grade teacher who said he would never go anywhere and would only ever herd sheep?
5. During World War II, about how many Navajo Marines were there other than code talkers?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Ned try to avoid taking Atabrine, and how did the watch officer get him and the other Navajos to take it?
2. Why did the code talkers go back to Hawaii in Chapter 19?
3. What did the Navajo believe about corpses, and how did they deal with that in combat?
4. In Chapter 15, what desert exercise did Ned participate in, and why did the whites do so poorly?
5. What was Operation Forager?
6. What wass the geography like on Bougainville?
7. What was Operation Cartwheel?
8. What recommendations were made for having code talkers in regiments, battalions, regiments, scout companies, and divisions?
9. What did Ned see from the ship when the shelling began on Bougainville?
10. How did the Marines in the Pacific get things?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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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