leaving home
who took Ned to the Mission school on the first day?
Neds uncle
what made the battle at Iwo Jima so difficult?
the Japanese had dug tunnels through the island.
Who were the Kamikaze?
Japanese pilots who accepted suicide missions to bomb U.S. ships.
Bilagaanaa
white people
what war were the Navajos first used for being code talkers?
World War 2
what happens to the students when they speak Navajo?
they get soap in their mouth.
what is the name of the camp where Ned went to Code School?
Camp Elliott
who died and came back to life?
Charlie Begay.
Wolachii-
ant
What type of radio did the code talkers use at the beginning of the war?
A TBX radio
at boot camp, Ned and the other Navajo's enjoyed doing this.
terrorizing their favorite teacher by fighting in his class and stabbing his tent with bayonets.
after the U.S. captured Iwo Jima, they erected a flag where?
Mt. Suribachi
who were the two people who rushed Ned to the medic when he was shot?
Smitty and Georgia Boy.
Dibe yazhi-
lamb
what month did the first Navajo code talkers get recruited?
may
what did "Tradition is the Enemy of Progress" mean to the teachers at the school?
tradition/speaking Navajo will not allow you to learn new things, tradition will hold you back.
when Ned"s friend Wilfred said the worst part about fighting Saipan was the civilians. What did he mean?
civilians believed the U.S. would torture them, so they killed themselves and their children before the soldiers could stop them.
who was one of the code talkers who trained Ned and his peers at Code School?
John Benally or Johnny Manuelito.
Biye
son of
where were the Navajos sent right after boot camp?
a special training camp
Ned survives the challenges of boarding school and war by doing what?
remembering where he came from.
where is the Navajo Reservation capital located?
Window Rock, Arizona
The first time Ned met Georgia Boy, what 3 things did he learn from that event?
Not all white people are born knowing everything.
White men are no different from Navajos.
No matter who they are people can always learn from each other.
Bilasaanaa-
apple
at what time did the code talkers get together to learn the new updates to the code?
in-between battles