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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What siblings are born when Ned is in boarding school?
(a) 2 brothers.
(b) Brother and sister.
(c) 2 sisters and a brother.
(d) 3 brothers and a sister.

3. In Chapter 7, where did the Navajo tribal council meet and declare war on Germany, Japan, and Italy?
(a) Kayenta.
(b) Cameron.
(c) Chinle.
(d) Window Rock.

4. How old was Ned when the attack came on Pearl Harbor?
(a) 15.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

5. What is the subject of a social studies paper Ned writes his first year in high school?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Japanese.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned's uncle usually fix each morning for breakfast?

2. How old was William Yazzie when he was chosen to be one of the first Navajo Marines?

3. In Chapter 5, what American Indian athlete did Ned and other boys wants to be like?

4. How many men in Ned's platoon learned to swim before he did?

5. in 1940, how many people did the Navajo Tribal Council represent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were chosen for the first Navajo platoon, and how long did it take to hear from them?

2. How do students survive at boarding school?

3. How does Ned say goodbye to his great-grandfather?

4. What clothes are the Navajo children given when they come to the boarding school?

5. What did Ned tell the recruiter when he went to enlist?

6. What did Frank Mitchell say to Ned about the Golden Rule?

7. Who is Jacob Benally?

8. What happens when John Roanhorse refuses to quick speaking Navajo?

9. Why did people in America become worried about the Japanese and Germans in Chapter 6?

10. What does Ned say about learning to speak and understand English?

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