Code Talker Chapters 0-2

What is the best interpretation of this metaphor the narrator uses at the end of the introduction to Code Talker?

"You cannot weave a rug before you set up the loom. So I will go back to the beginning, pound the posts in the ground, and build the frame."

• He wants to tell the whole story, even before the war, so the listener understands.

• He has difficulty remembering the details of the story.

• He is going to teach the listener to weave while he tells the story.

• He is going to start at the end of the story to make it more intense.

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CCSS.L.7.5D

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CCSS.RL.7.2

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How old was Kii Yazhi when he was sent away to the boarding school?

• 6

• 18

• 9

• 12

"Before we went over the hill, I dropped it onto the brown earth. Although I had to go away, I could still leave a little of myself behind."

This quote from chapter 1 helps reveal Kii Yazhi's sacred connection with...

• his home and land

• his language

• his family

• his new journey

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

What was The Long Walk?

• Navajo were forced into exile by the Americans to Fort Sumner

• Kii Yazhi's name for the long journey he had to take with his uncle to school

• name the Code Talkers gave long trips to new battle sites

• series of raids on the Navajo villages by the Mexicans

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CCSS.RI.7.2

Why does Kii Yazhi's Uncle urge him to go to the boarding school?

• it is important to learn the ways of the white people and their language

• no one else in his family has ever had the chance to go

• he needs to think less about his family and more about himself

• he doesn't urge Kii Yazhi to go because he doesn't want him to

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

How did meeting all of the other Navajo children and speaking to them in Navajo affect Kii Yazhi when he arrived at the Rehoboth Mission Boarding school?

• assuring; comforting

• marginalized; alone

• intimidating; scared

• amusing; funny

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

When the huge white man appears, he shouts at all the Native American children in English. What does this quote reveal about Navajo culture?

"Even though most of us could not understand the words he shouted, we all stopped talking. For a moment, before we remembered it was impolite to stare, we all looked up at him."

• children are taught to respect their elders

• children are taught to outwardly disrespect white adults

• children are taught both English and their native language

• children are taught to respect their sacred language

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which idea about the boarding schools is revealed here:

"We had already noticed there were many older boys and girls there, all in uniforms. We had thought they were bilagaanaa children. They were watching us silently. Now we looked at them differently, seeing that their emotionless faces looks Navajo."

• the students' Indian identity is completely stripped away

• the students enjoyed their time at the schools

• both white and Indian students attended the schools

• the students didn't know how to speak at all

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

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CCSS.RL.7.6

How does Principal O'Sullivan feel about the Navajo sacred language?

• It is useless compared to English.

• It is to be respected and protected.

• It is very hard to learn.

• It should only be used in certain situations.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

What is the first part of their native culture that is taken away from the students and forbidden?

• their language

• their clothes

• their hair

• their jewelry