Code Talker: Chapters 1-8

What do the Navajos agree to so they could return to their homes?

• They had to learn the white-man ways.

• They had to stop raiding other people.

• They had to obey the American laws.

• All of the above are correct

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The Navajo jewelry symbolized-

• the wealth the Navajo had accumulated from their raids.

• their desire to own pretty things.

• the love their family had for them.

• the wealth they had earned from their creativeness.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Why did the principal of the school believe the children were being disrespectful to him?

• They were yelling at him while he spoke.

• They were looking at the ground while he talked.

• They were ignoring what he was telling them.

• They refused to follow his directions.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What was significant about the Navajos not being allowed to speak their language?

• They were being forced to follow the white-man's ways.

• They were told their language was worthless.

• The kids were being forced to forget their families because they couldn't speak to them.

• The Navajos were separated from their friends.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

Why did the school make the Navajo children wear uniforms and get their hair cut?

• The school was trying to help the Navajo children by providing them clothes.

• The Navajo children were from poor families who couldn't afford proper clothing.

• The Navajo children would appear to be more American.

• The school didn't like the way the children behaved while dressing in traditional Navajo clothes.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who is the narrator of the story?

• Principal O'Sullivan

• John Reamer

• John Roanhorse

• Ned Begay

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

How did the Navajo children disobey the teachers at the school?

• They refused to go by their American name.

• They stopped going to classes.

• They spoke Navajo when teachers weren't around to hear.

• They wore their jewelry under their clothes.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did the narrator resent the way the teachers treated him?

• He didn't like that they refused to use his Navajo name when calling upon him.

• He believed they thought he was as smart as white children.

• He resented that they didn't respect his beliefs.

• He was angry with the way they treated his parents.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the major theme of the story?

• love

• good vs bad

• survival

• friendship

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is significant about the Navajos collecting food for the poor people of Japan?

• The Japanese had supplied food for the Navajos during their forced walk.

• The Navajos did not like the Japanese.

• The Navajos were as poor as the Japanese.

• The Japanese had always treated the Navajos with disrespect.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3