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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 general that Sam Begay and Bill McCabe were to report to when they were first sent to the Canal?
2. When was Ned and the Marine Corps birthday?
3. How many more words were assigned for the letters, A, E, I, O, U, D, H, L, N, R, S, and T?
4. When did Ned's training end?
5. Before being shipped to the South Pacific, how long was the training exercise Ned and his platoon had on the Big Island of Hawaii?
Short Essay Questions
1. What advice did George Kirk give Ned and why?
2. What ideas did the Japanese have about war and how did they treat prisoners of war?
3. What happened to the Japanese women and children on Saipan when the Marines invaded and why?
4. Why did the code talkers go back to Hawaii in Chapter 19?
5. How did the Marines in the Pacific get things?
6. How were Ned and the others allowed to speak their language at Camp Elliott and how did it make them feel?
7. What happened when the invasion of Guam was delayed?
8. In Chapter 22, why was Ned sent to Hawaii?
9. What happened the first time that Bill McCabe and Sam Begay used Navajo code?
10. What was the warrior's code for the Japanese?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world he has created?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Friendly fire is an attack by military troops on their own or neutral troops. What are some examples of friendly fire in the novel? Why was it difficult to avoid instances of friendly fire?
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