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Abiziaah was code word for what?
Sniper
What were the two task forces the Marines were divided up into?
Northern and Southern Task Force
What made Ned nervous about going out at night?
The land Crabs
What was Ned Begay's Navajo name?
Kii Yahzi
Who did Ned read a letter for?
Georgia Boy
How many Code talkers were expected in each Marine division?
100
What was something negative that was said about Saipan?
It was the worst place the Marines had ever been.
What wiped out all of the Japanese planes on Guam?
Air strikes
What were the pills called that the Marines took to prevent malaria?
Atabrine
How did Kii Yahzi get his new Name Ned?
From his teacher's dead Uncle
What were at least 3 negative things the Navajos had grown up hearing from the bilaganaas?
They were stupid, lazy, could not be taught anything and would never be as good as any white man.
Why did the Japanese women and children run from the Marines in terror?
They were told Americans were devils who would kill and torture them.
People who had been American Citizens since Spanish American war were called?
Chamorros
17-32
What was the principals name at boarding school?
Principal O'Sullivan
To keep the terrible world of war out of their minds, what did the Navajos do?
Drink
Why did Ned tell Samuel to make a slingshot?
To kill a chicken
Who was the third code talker to die?
Johnson Housewood
What did Ned or any Navajo not know how to do?
Swim
Where did the white men force the Navajos to go on the Long Walk to?
Fort Sumner
What helped Ned survive all the times of quiet and anxious waiting?
Being a Navajo and keeping his Navajo Way
How many American died between June 15-July 13?
Over 3000
What was the Navajo way when it came to children?
No child should ever be without a family
What was the ceremony called that Hosteen Mitchell performed for Ned?
The BlessingWay
Who was the famous man that Ned almost met?
JFK
John F Kennedy