" Navajo Code Talkers" II

What was the author's purpose for writing this story?

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

• to express

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What genre is Navajo Code Talkers?

• realistic fiction

• expository/informational text

• mystery

• tall tale

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Prior to the Navajo Code Talkers, America was losing many battles to the Japanese. Why?

• Japan had a way to break our secret codes.

• Japan's army was better prepared

• The United States navy was destroyed

• The United States underestimated the Japanese army

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What was so valuable about the Navajo Code during WW2?

• It was very simple and easy to interpret

• It was impossible for the enemy to decode

• It helped US Presidents pass along information

• The Navajo had a very common language

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What was the name of the man who came up with the idea to use Navajo to create a code?

• Phillip Houston

• Phil Jackson

• Philip Johnston

• Franklin Roosevelt

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Where did the Code Talkers experience their finest hour?

• Okinawa

• Iwo Jima

• Midway

• Nagasaki

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Which event happened immediately after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor?

• The Marine Corps had Navajos create a secret code.

• The United States declared war on Japan.

• The Japanese tried to learn about American plans.

• The military invented wireless radios.

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One of the important ideas in the story is that the Navajo code played an important part in the outcome of World War II. Which detail from the passage best supports this idea?

• The code was based on the Navajo language.

• 400 Navajos who served during World War II

• The code helped the United States win the war.

• Their job was to send secret coded messages.

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What can you conclude about the Navajos who joined the Marines?

• They wanted to create codes.

• They wanted to leave their home.

• They loved the Navajo language.

• They were patriotic Americans.

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Using the context clues in the passage, what is the best definition of the word "allies" in the following sentences? "The code talkers invented a code that was never broken by the enemy. The code helped the United States and its allies win the war."

• those a nation fights against

• people who cheer for others

• nations working together

• soldiers fighting in a war

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