Code Machines

How does the author support the idea that the Navajo men who volunteered to fight in World War II (TWO) had been living isolated lives?

• By stating that their messages were impossible to understand.

• By stating that most had never been off the reservation.

• By stating that they had communicated orally and not in writing.

• By stating that they named planes and boats after animals

Which paragraph contains evidence proving that the Navajo men had never been off the reservation?

• paragraph 3

• paragraph 5

• paragraph 6

• paragraph 9

The author uses a word that means "doubtful" in the text. Choose the sentence with the word that means "doubtful".

• "The Navajo code was proposed by a non-Navajo..."

• "Marine officers were skeptical at first."

• "American armies used other Indian languages to send messages..."

• "Johnston had a better idea-a language combined with a code..."

How does the author support the idea that the Navajo soldiers were able to make a code related to war even though their language lacked words for it?

• by showing how they mixed language and culture in the code

• by showing that they started by encoding 400 words

• by showing how they proved the Navy couldn't break the code

• by showing that they met several times to encode new terms

Choose one piece of evidence to show that the Navajo mixed culture and language in their code.

• "... the business of their daily lives was conducted in their own language."

• "... Navajo was the language least likely to be known to foreigners."

• "Lotso, meaning 'whale', was the code word for battleship..."

• "... remained behind to teach the code."

Which of the following best supports the idea that the Navajo code was hard to crack?

• "... the first letter of each word spelled out Mt. Suribachi."

• "The Navajo Code Talkers were unique in cryptographic history."

• "Even today, their code remains one of the few in history that was never broken."

• "The Navajo language contained no words for the horrors of the war."