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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. In Chapter 12, what was Ned's nickname that Hosteen Mitchel gave him?

2. What size was Saipan?

3. How many white men did Major Shannon try to have become code talkers?

4. When did Ned and his division practice landing exercises in Chapter 15?

5. How long would the taste of the Atrabrine pills that Ned had to take stay with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what desert exercise did Ned participate in, and why did the whites do so poorly?

2. Why did the code talkers go back to Hawaii in Chapter 19?

3. What happened the first time that Bill McCabe and Sam Begay used Navajo code?

4. What did it take to secure Guadalcanal?

5. In Chapter 22, why was Ned sent to Hawaii?

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

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

8. How did Ned try to avoid taking Atabrine, and how did the watch officer get him and the other Navajos to take it?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not realistic fiction?

Essay Topic 3

Ned and other code talkers were proud of their role. Why were Ned and other code talkers proud of their role? What did their satisfaction with their role reveal about the differences between pride and self-importance?

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