Code Talkers Quiz 15-20

Ned's prayers before battles included the use of this:

• voodoo dolls
• pollen
• singing
• dancing

"Banzai" means:

• "I love you"
• "I hate you"
• "ten thousand years"
• "hail our emperor"

During the earthquake on Bougainville,

• many Marines died.
• the Marines left Bougainville.
• Japanese snipers fell out of palm fronds like coconuts.
• fighting continued.

In the following sentence reference is made to an alligator. "Our alligator would not be the first to touch the beach, even though we were in the initial landing wave of 7,000 Marines."  What is an alligator?

• An animal found in the Southeastern part of the United States.
• An amphibious warfare vehicle, also called an LVT.
• A remote controlled boat that Marines used to check for safety.

Smitty was a friend of Ned Begay's that had a double assignment during the War.  One assignment was to serve in the Signal Corps unit.  What was the other?

• He was a messenger for the General.
• He was a spy for the Japanese.
• He was to watch over and protect Ned Begay.

Why did Begay send his unwashed combat fatigues to his family?

• So his family could use them in a protection ceremony for him.
• So they could wash them and send them back.
• So they could be tailored to fit him better.

On Bougainville, what convinced the captain of the Navajos' worth to the unit?

• The fact that they ate prickly pears and survived the desert.

• Their rise to the rank of lieutenant.

• The fact that a Navajo code finally stopped "friendly fire" shelling.

• The fact that Ned was bilingual.

Why were the corpses of the Japanese soldiers unsettling to the Navajo?

• The Japanese looked like the Navajo

• The dead bodies brought diseases

• They believed dead bodies had bad spirits

The Allies needed to be successful on Bougainville because...

• the people back home thought they were losing the war against Germany.

• the Allies would be on the offensive rather than the defensive.

• the Japanese were losing hope they would win the war.

• Germany was becoming too powerful.

How did the conditions of the jungle impact the soldiers?

• The fox holes needed for protection would fill with water making the soldiers uncomfortable.

• The soldiers were unable to see due to the blowing of the sand into their eyes.

• The hot sun caused a lot of soldiers to become sick.

• The humidity prevented the soldiers from identifying the Japanese soldiers.