New-Read Assessment- Code Talker

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.

• The Navajos had never had to face hardships in their daily lives.

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.

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.

• The Japanese were stronger and better trained than the American soldiers.

• The Japanese were so weak and hungry it would have been difficult to fight them.

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)

• "Most were common laborers" (96).

• "They were pathetic" (97).

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

• monsters, fearful, bad

• peaceful, balanced, quiet

• brave, courageous, fierce

• small, lost, sad

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 enemy are frightening, but by the end the Marines realize they can beat them.

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

• At first the Japanese seem un-human, but then the Marines see them and realize they are human.