Code Talker Quiz 1-17

Who is the narrator of the story?

• Principal O'Sullivan

• John Reamer

• John Roanhorse

• Ned Begay

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.

Bilagaanaa means

• black

• white

• green

• blue

True or False: Ned was legally old enough to join the Marines when he signed up.

• True

• False

What was the significance of the trip Ned took from Fort Defiance to Fort Wingate?

• This was the same path taken during the Navajo Long Walk.
• This path was blessed by the gods.
• This path was cursed.
• This path was filled with dangerous spies that killed Marines on the way.

In the book, what character said "Back home in the mountains, I never learnt no reading"

• Georgia Boy

• Ned

• Smitty

• Frank

Because Ned learned that Georgia Boy couldn't read, Ned realized:

• White men are stupid.
• He finally had someone to treat harshly like he had been.
• White men are not born knowing everything.
• Navajo are better than white men.

What almost caused Ned to ‘wash out’ in boot camp?

• the swimming test

• the math test

• the English reading test

• the Navajo reading test

Most recruits thought the food at boot camp was horrible. What did the Navajos think about it?

• They didn't like it either

• They like it because they were used to not having so much food

How did the first day of boot camp compare to the first day of school?

• The Navajos were treated unfairly.

• The Navajos had their heads shaved and where given a uniform to wear.

• The other Marines treated them poorly.

• The other Marines laughed at them.