"Code Talker"
Navajo
Vocabulary
Figurative Language
"Castle Diary"
100
What was Ned's name at the beginning of the novel?
Kii Yazhi
100
What is the word for a traditional Navajo home?
hogan
100
What word means "metal fragments scattered by an exploding shell, bomb, or the like"?
shrapnel
100
What type of figurative language is this?
"To Tobias, the castle is huge and amazing like a star-covered sky."
simile
100
What is the main character's name?
Tobias
200
Name one of the Japanese cities where America dropped an atomic bomb.
For double the points, can you name the second city?
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
200
What is the name of the Navajo's sacred land?
Dinetah
200
What word means "a shallow pit dug to provide a quick, temporary shelter from enemy fire for one or two soldiers"?
foxhole
200
What type of figurative language is this?
"The table sighed under the large metal dishes full of dinner and desserts."
personification
200
What did David the poacher get caught stealing?
fish
300
What was the name of the island where this photograph was taken?
Iwo Jima
300
Why is swimming challenging to Navajos?
They believe monsters are under the water.
300
What word means "to attack with bombs, cannon fire, or artillery"?
bombardment
300
What type of figurative language is this?
"I may list things that might be described as my accomplishments in these few pages, but they are only shadows of the larger truth."
metaphor
300
The nobility use images, colors, and mottos to represent their families, especially when traveling or fighting. What are those symbols called?
coat of arms
400
What "plant extract" does Ned use each morning to pray and prepare for the day?
corn pollen
400
What did long hair mean to the Navajo?
good luck
400
What word means "the practices, principles, and spirit of medieval knighthood"?
chivalry
400
What type of figurative language is this?
"With all the sand we ate I figured we were ten pounds heavier."
hyperbole
400
What was Tobias's occupation in the castle?
For double the points, what did he want to become?
page
knight
500
Why were Navajo code talkers used more than Morse code?
They were much faster!
500
What does an Enemyway Ceremony do for an individual?
bring balance
500
What word means "the act or function of a tutor or teacher; instruction; teaching"?
tutelage
500
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Simile uses "like" or "as," but metaphors do not
500
What does the gong-farmer do at the castle?
cleans out the toilets