Marines
A fictional character, his job was to watch over Ned and protect him from Marines who might mistake him for an enemy because of his skin color
Who is Smitty?
A family friend who performs traditional ceremonies for Ned before he enlists and after he returns
Who is Hosteen Mitchell?
This word means "holy wind" and originally referred to the wind that the Japanese believed would defend their country. It was later used to describe the suicide pilots who intentionally attempted to crash planes to cause maximum damage.
What is kamikaze?
This is where the Marines did much of their training and where Ned went from Bougainville to meet with other code talkers to update the code.
What is Hawaii?
The author of Code Talker, who invented the fictional Ned Begay
Who is Joseph Bruchac?
He left his foxhole after dark and was mistaken for an enemy, the only Code Talker killed by friendly fire.
Who is Harry Tsosie?
This Japanese military leader committed suicide on the day that Okinawa was secured by the American troops.
Who is General Ushijima?
A forced march of almost the entire Navajo nation when more than 10,000 people trudged 400 miles across mountains and deserts from their homeland
What is the Long Walk?
A battle occurred here as part of Operation Forager, an attempt to recapture a Japanese-controlled American territory in the Mariana Islands. Victory here allowed the US to establish large airbases from which it could bomb the Japanese home islands.
What is Guam?
The literary term in which human emotions are attributed to nature or inanimate objects
What is the pathetic fallacy?
The famous Native American Indian associated with the raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi
Who is Ira Hayes?
Like a god to his people, this leader spoke over the radio to announce Japan's surrender.
Who is Emperor Hirohito?
This Navajo ceremony was first performed for Monster Slayer to restore him to balance, and it helped Ned after he returned from war.
What is the Enemyway?
The battle here took more than 80 days and cost both the Americans and Japanese significant casualties, including 12,000 Americans dead or missing, 110,000 Japanese soldiers, and 80,000 citizens.
What is Okinawa?
This caused the surrender of the Japanese in WWII
What is the dropping of the atom bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
This leader was in charge of amphibious landings and had the nickname "Howling Mad."
The native people of Guam who had been American citizens since the Spanish American war and resisted the Japanese
Who are Chamorros?
The reptile nickname for the Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT), an armored amphibious tractor
What is alligator?
The name for the traditional homeland of the Navajo people
What is Dinetah?
According to the book, this happened in 1969, though it was actually 1968, and it enabled Navajo Marines like the character Ned to be recognized for their special contributions to the war.
What is the declassification of the code talker program?
A friend of Ned who takes in the orphaned Chamorro boy, Johnny, and finds the body of Charlie Begay, who turns out to have been alive
Who is Wilsie Bitsie?
An English-speaking female radio personality who broadcast Japanese propaganda during WWII
Who is Tokyo Rose?
A special cotton waistband that Japanese soldiers believed would protect the wearer from being hit by enemy bullets, the name of which means "Cloth of a Thousand Stitches."
What is sennimbari?
An enemy air base in the Solomon Islands where the Japanese were dug in deep. American troops landed and held the perimeter around the beachhead at Torokina.
What is Bougainville?
Describe two themes of the novel.
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