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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 was the name of the Corporal who taught Ned and the others Morse Code?

2. In Chapter 20, which task force were the Second and Fourth Marine Divisions in?

3. What did "Banzai" (123) mean?

4. What was D-day for Bougainville?

5. How many men from Ned's class of code talkers were chosen to be new instructors?

Short Essay Questions

1. What recommendations were made for having code talkers in regiments, battalions, regiments, scout companies, and divisions?

2. What happened to Charlie Begay?

3. What did the Navajo believe about corpses, and how did they deal with that in combat?

4. What was Operation Cartwheel?

5. What advice did George Kirk give Ned and why?

6. Of the 12 landing zones in Chapter 17, why was Blue Beach the worst?

7. What ideas did the Japanese have about war and how did they treat prisoners of war?

8. What did Ned see from the ship when the shelling began on Bougainville?

9. How were Ned and the others allowed to speak their language at Camp Elliott and how did it make them feel?

10. What happened when the invasion of Guam was delayed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

Essay Topic 2

The code talkers were trained in secrecy. Why were the code talkers trained in secrecy? Why did they have to keep the code in their head? Why was the code not written down and carried into battle?

Essay Topic 3

Irony is a literary device where the real meaning of words is contradicted or concealed. Where does the author use irony in the book? Why is it ironic that the Navajo language is used for a military code?

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