Code Talker Chapters 0-6 Summative Review Part 2

What is the last thing that was taken from Kii Yazhi when he arrived at the school?

• his hair

• his name

• his right to serve in the military

• his education

Why did Mr. Reamer give Ned the last name "Begay"?

• he hated Ned

• he wanted him to be happy

• it was a mispronunciation of his Navajo name

• it was next on the list

Mr. Reamer believed he could speak Navajo really well, but in reality he couldn't.

• True

• False

The sign in front of the mission school read ________ is the enemy of _________. This was this first thing the Navajo students were taught to read in English.

• tradition; progress

• progress; tradition

• Navajo; everything

• America; Japan

Mr. Reamer washed Ned's mouth out with soap and nearly drowned him because Ned intentionally spoke Navajo in front of him as an act of defiance.

• True

• False

Which two people helped Ned after he had his mouth washed out with soap and could barely walk?

• His uncle and his grandfather

• Mr. Straight and Mr. Reamer

• Principal O'Sullivan and another student

• Tommy Nez and Jesse Chee

Ned is clever and does not speak Navajo where he can be heard. He says he understands the teacher watch the students like, "coyotes watch a prairie dog hole" to emphasize--

• how predatorial the teachers are

• how little the teachers care

• how the students are ready to rebel at any second

• how much freedom the students have

John Roanhorse was one of the most stubborn and defiant Navajo boys when it came to speaking Navajo.

• True

• False

When John Roanhorse was freed from dark basement, "his eyes seemed as small as those of a mole and there was a lost look on his face. I think a part of his spirit was left down in that cold, dark place." This shows--

• that the experience left him blinded

• how brave and resilient he was

• how defeated and broken he was

• how much he didn't care about the punishment

To survive and pass the time at boarding school, Ned turned his attention to sports while other students turned their attention to their studies.

• True

• False