Code Talker Chapter 1 review quiz

Who is the protagonist of Code Talker?

• The Uncle

• Kii Yazhi

• Marisela

• The grandfather

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Where is Kii Yazhi traveling to in Chapter 1?

• His grandfather's house

• To join the Marines

• His Hogan

• A white mission boarding school

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Which image below is a "Hogan"?

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Why is Kii Yazhi's family so upset in chapter 1?

• Kii Yazhi is leaving home to attend a boarding school far away

• Kii Yazhi's uncle is going on a long trip

• Kii Yazhi's grandfather is very sick

• Kii Yazhi's dad has to go to war

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Which piece of evidence below best shows that Kii Yazhi's family is supportive and caring?

• "Be Strong, Kii Yazhi," he (the grandfather) rasped" (page 6)

• "Travel safely my son," Mother said" (p7)

• "Father was even sadder than my mother." (p 7)

• "There stood my tall, beautiful mother." (p5)

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Why does Kii Yazhi have to go to the white school?

• To get a better education

• To join the military

• to learn the ways of the white people to help his family and tribe

• to learn how to farm and make more food

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Which quote best supports why Kii Yazhi has to go to the white school?

• "That is why you must go to school: not for yourself, but for your family, for our people, for our sacred land." p 10

• "Our people never forgot our homeland between the four sacred mountains." p10

• "The burned our crops, killed our livestock, and cut down our peach trees." p9

• "those laws that we now have to live by, they are in English" p8

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Pick two quotes below that show that Kii Yazhi is resilient (being tough when faced with a challenge).

• "I politely looked down at my feet and nodded." p9

• "Yes, Uncle, I will try hard to learn for our people and our land." p11

• "I was only six years old and I was worried." p5

• "I could run up there and hide. But I did not do so, for I had always obeyed my mother." p5

• "I felt a splinter go into my finger from the rough wood, but I ignored the pain. Instead I pulled myself around to turn backward and wave to my parents." p7

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Turn to page 1. In the section "Listen My Grandchildren", who is the narrator and who are they speaking to?

• A marine speaking to other soldiers

• a young Navajo boy speaking to his grandpa

• a grandfather speaking to his grandchildren

• Older men talking to each other about the war

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What important fact does the reader find out about the narrator in the section "Listen My Grandchildren"?

• The narrator has grandchildren

• The narrator was a Navajo Code Talker during World War 2

• The narrator was on a medal

• The narrator traveled a lot when he was young

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