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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 did Samuel kill chickens on Saipan?
2. How high were the hills on the bluffs when Ned and the other Marines landed in Chapter 21?
3. In Chapter 20, which task force were the Second and Fourth Marine Divisions in?
4. What songs were sung during a ceremonial dance in Chapter 12?
5. What color was the hair of the Solomon Islanders because they dyed it with lime juice?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 15, what desert exercise did Ned participate in, and why did the whites do so poorly?
2. How did the Marines in the Pacific get things?
3. Why did the code talkers go back to Hawaii in Chapter 19?
4. What was security like for the code?
5. What happened the first time that Bill McCabe and Sam Begay used Navajo code?
6. How were Ned and the others allowed to speak their language at Camp Elliott and how did it make them feel?
7. What was Operation Forager?
8. What was the warrior's code for the Japanese?
9. What wass the geography like on Bougainville?
10. What recommendations were made for having code talkers in regiments, battalions, regiments, scout companies, and divisions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Ned had Navajo and whites as friends. Why did Ned believe that friendship was difficult during wartime?
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