Quiz 1-CodeTalkers, War of Remembrance & A Mother's Words

Which of these best summarizes the newspaper article in "Code Talkers"?

• The Navajo code talkers used their language to develop a code that kept U.S. military secrets safe from the Japanese and helped win World War II. More than forty years later, a sculpture was created to honor their wartime contributions.
• Japanese code breakers created problems for the U.S. military during World War II. In the early days of the war, they used their familiarity with the English language to break U.S. codes and learn secret information about U.S. strategy.
• Philip Johnston, who had spent many years around the Navajo, thought the Navajo language would be useful for developing an unbreakable code. Johnston was one of the few non-Navajos who could speak the complex, unwritten language.
• When the U.S. government first revealed the secrets of the Navajo code, Navajo code talkers were not given any honor or recognition. The Vietnam War was one of the many reasons the United States waited another twenty years to recognize the code talkers with a sculpture.

The idea suggested by the information in paragraph 5 of "Code Talkers" is that

• most of the code talkers were never in any danger during the war
• Navajos not trained as code talkers could not have understood the code
• the code talkers were also trained to break Japanese codes
• artist Doug Hyde was a code talker during World War II

Which words help the reader understand the meaning of the word BOGUS in paragraph 2 of "Code Talkers" ?

• understand, advantage
• scramble, choice
• pretended, trick
• educated, spoke

A monument to the Navajo code talkers could not have been built prior to 1968 because

• many of the Navajo code talkers were still alive
• the U.S. government had not yet made the information about the code talkers known to the public
• the code was still being used by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam
• it took the U.S. government more than twenty years to realize the importance of the code

In "Code Talkers", which sentence from the newspaper article supports the idea that the U.S. military was concerned about he code falling into enemy hands?

• As a further safeguard, nothing could ever be kept in written form.
• The Japanese seemed to know in advance every move the United States made.
• Unfortunately radio signals were not secure.
• Scientists had not yet learned how to scramble voice messages.

In "Code Talkers", the author’s word choice in this newspaper article conveys a tone that is

• critical
• respectful
• mysterious
• peaceful

The author includes information about the sculpture in "Code Talkers" to suggest to the reader that

• it is the first sculpture to honor the code talkers
•  it is modeled after one of the original twenty-nine code talkers
• it was created in 1968 but was kept hidden from the public until recently
• it is located on a Navajo reservation where many of the code talkers grew up

In paragraph 7 of "Code Talkers", the word declassify means to

• no longer keep secure
•  teach to soldiers
• stop developing
• save for military use only

The Vietnam War was an unnecessary battle that cost the government too much money.  This statement is an example of-

• Opinion
• assertion
• mood
• dialect

The Wall of Remembrance has the best mementos of all the memorials.  This statement is an example of-

• opinion
• assertion
• mood
• dialect