Characters and People
This man comes back from Boot Camp to recruit more Navajos to be code talkers.
Who is Jonny Manuelito
Gallup
What is the town nearest the Navajo community and is used for supplies?
Occurring between or involving different branches of the armed forces (e.g., Army and Navy).
What is interservice?
Ned answers the teachers with this specific phrase.
What is, "Yes, teacher."
The Marines wanted Navajo recruits for this one specific reason.
What is, "Their language could be used as an unbreakable code.
The narrator and main character of the story?
Who is Ned Begay?
The traditional home Ned grows up in.
What is a hogan?
An aggressive action or attack; a military operation intended to gain ground or achieve a specific objective.
What is Offensive?
The children are forbidden from doing this at school.
What is speaking Navajo?
It is complex, unwritten, and difficult for outsiders to understand.
Why is the Navajo language valuable to the Marines even early in the war?
This family member encourages Ned to attend the mission school.
Who is his Uncle?
Ned grows up on the Navajo Reservation in this state.
What is, "The Navajo Reservation in Arizona?"
A small pit dug as a shelter in a battle area.
What is a Foxhole?
The punishment that is given to Ned for speaking Navajo.
What is: His mouth is washed out with soap / harsh discipline.
Ned wants to enlist in the Marines to protect and defend the United States and ________________.
What is their sacred land?
The name of the Navajo recruiter who explains Marine opportunities to the boys?
Who is Mr. John Benally?
Ned’s Navajo birth name
What is Kii Yazhi (“Little Boy”)
The action of formally or systematically questioning someone.
What is interrogation?
Ned secretly does this despite school discouragement?
What is, "He practices his fluency in Navajo when the teachers are not around?"
This event inspired many young men to enlist.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This Navajo student refuses to stop speaking Navajo despite being beaten repeatedly for doing it.
Who is John Roanhorse?
Ned leaves this on the ground when his uncle is taking him to boarding school.
What is, "A splinter with his blood on it?"
A continuous attack with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
What is Bombardment?
This happens to Ned’s hair on the first day of school.
What is, "It is cut off."
Ned writes a report about this place, not knowing he will eventually be sent there to fight in WWII.
What is Japan?