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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. In Chapter 3, where did Ned and the other children have their hair cut?
(a) Yard.
(b) Front porch.
(c) Back garden.
(d) Little shed.

2. In Chapter 1, how old is Ned when he is sent to boarding school?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

3. What was the destination of the Long Walk the Navajo had to make?
(a) Fort Sumner.
(b) Bosque Redondo.
(c) Fort Defiance.
(d) Fort Union.

4. How old was Carl Gorman when he was chosen to be one of the first Navajo Marines?
(a) 35.
(b) 37.
(c) 38.
(d) 36.

5. When in Chapter 7, was a message sent that the Marines were looking for Navajos who spoke English and Navajo?
(a) June 1942.
(b) March 1942.
(c) May 1942.
(d) April 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had it been since Ned's Blessingway ceremony in Chapter 9?

2. What clan was Jacob Benally born to?

3. After the Long Walk, how many winters were the Navajo kept prisoners?

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

5. What siblings are born when Ned is in boarding school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Ned sepaks to Mr. Reamer the second day at the mission school in Navajo?

3. How does Ned's uncle retell the history about the Navajo and the Mexicans?

4. Why is it a big deal to cut off the Navajo children's hair?

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

6. What was the only condition that Ned's parents had when he asked to be able to enlist in Chapter 9?

7. What did Ned learn about white men in Chapter 10?

8. Where did the idea of using Navajo for a code for battlefield messages come from?

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

10. Who is Jacob Benally?

(see the answer keys)

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