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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 name does Mr. Reemer give many of the boys?
(a) John.
(b) Paul.
(c) Luke.
(d) David.

2. After the Long Walk, how many winters were the Navajo kept prisoners?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. How many of the men in Johnny Manuelito platoon washed out?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

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

5. How many weeks does it take to choose the men for the first group of Navajo Marines?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Usually after how many weeks of boot camp were new recruits given a ten-day pass?

2. Who takes Ned to the boarding school?

3. In Chapter 11, where did the non-Indian Marines go?

4. When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

5. Who says goodbye to Ned from his bed in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where were Ned and his fellow Navajo recruits taken after graduation day?

4. How do students survive at boarding school?

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

6. In Chapter 6, what happened to Ned when he forgot and spoke Navajo?

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

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

9. How does Ned get into high school, and what good things are there about high school?

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

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