M2 NR 1

M2 NR 1

Assessment Pages 95-97

Read Chapter 14

Multiple Choice

According to chapter 14, why were the corpses so fearful for the Navajos?

• The Navajos had never seen a Japanese person before.

• The Navajos believed that bad spirits could remain around the dead.

• The Navajos did not want to die so far away from home and from their sacred land.

Multiple Choice

How did they get over their fears?

• By sharing their fears with other white marines.

• By telling themselves that the Japanese were not human.

• With a special ceremony for balance.

• Through their training and sense of duty.

Multiple Choice

Given the information in chapter 14 and the rules of the Imperial Japanese Army Instruction Manual, why would it have been difficult to fight against the Japanese?

• The Japanese were not required to follow orders and so would have been unpredictable.

• The Japanese were always on the offense and would never have given up.

Multiple Choice

Which quotation best shows the kind of fighters the Japanese soldiers are?

• “Monsters, not human beings” (95).

• "One of their first duties was to fight to the death” (96).

Multiple Choice

Which words describe the Japanese prisoners that Sam and Bill see at Guadalcanal?

• monsters, fearful, bad

• brave, courageous, fierce

• small, lost, sad

Multiple Choice

From the beginning to the end of the chapter, the marines change from seeing the enemy in one way to seeing them in another way. Which of the following best describes this change?

• At first the Japanese seem unhuman, but then the marines see them and realize they are human.

• At first the enemy do not seem like such a challenge, but then they prove to be fierce fighters.

GC Question 7

Write a summary of chapter 14. Use complete sentences, and follow the guidelines of an effective summary:

GC Question 8

One idea that Bruchac develops throughout Code Talker is the difficulty that Ned Begay feels in balancing his identity as a Navajo with his identity as an American. Describe an experience Ned has in chapter 14 that challenges his Navajo beliefs with the expectations of being an American marine.

Be sure to:

Write in complete sentences. Provide relevant textual support for your response.