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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-Author's Note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of pollen was sprinkled on the earth into crosses where Ned knelt?
(a) Corn.
(b) Grass.
(c) Sagebrush.
(d) Oak.

2. When Mount Suribachi was captured, how many men raised an American flag?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

3. In Chapter 5, what American Indian athlete did Ned and other boys wants to be like?
(a) Joe Hipp Blackfeet.
(b) Jim Thorpe.
(c) Lewis Tewanima.
(d) Billy Mills.

4. What was the number of the all Navajo platoon?
(a) 398th.
(b) 343rd.
(c) 379th.
(d) 382nd.

5. In Chapter 18, who was one of the PT boat pilots that Smitty offered to introduce Ned to?
(a) Lenny Bruce.
(b) Mel Brooks.
(c) Jimmy Stewart.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How high were the hills on the bluffs when Ned and the other Marines landed in Chapter 21?

2. What was the destination of the Long Walk the Navajo had to make?

3. Who in Ned's family had been sent off to school after he went?

4. On the fifth day of fighting what Company was directed to capture the summit of Mount Suribachi?

5. How many men crawled on their stomachs up Mount Suribachi to capture the summit?

(see the answer key)

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