chapter 15 code talkers

What English name was Kii Yazhi given at the mission school?

Why do you think it was helpful that the Navajo language is a spoken language only?

• No words are written anywhere, only other Navajo's know the language

• It is easy to understand

• Many people are able to break the codes

• It was impossible for anyone other than the Navajo to understand the code

How did the Navajo code talkers make their code even more difficult?

• their code was already unbreakable

• used 1st letter of english words

• used english words

• made new meanings for Navajo words

To be a Marine, you had to be between the ages of 17-32. How old was William Yazzie?

• 35

• 16

• 36

• 24

The organizational pattern of the selection develops the central idea by —

• explaining what caused the U.S. military to enlist American Indians into their communications effort and the effect it had

• illustrating the problem of military communication that was not secure and how American Indian code talkers worked to solve it

• contrasting the treatment of the general American Indian population with the military’s treatment of the code talkers

• describing American Indian code talkers’ contributions to U.S. military communication throughout the twentieth century

Who helped the students when they first arrived at the mission school by translating English into Navajo for them?

• Mr. Jacob Benally

• Principal O'Sullivan

• Kii Yazhi

• Ned Begay

What ceremony was performed on Ned that would provide safety to him?

• Communion ceremony

• Baptism ceremony

• Blessingway ceremony

• Dinas' ceremony

Was Ned the only member of his family to go to the boarding school?

• Yes

• No

On which pages might you find information about what a spider thinks about?

• p. 4-10

• p. 33-56

• p. 1-3

• p. 12-32

Which of these men is described as a huge white man with a red face?

• Principal O'Sullivan

• John Roanhorse

• Ned Begay

• Mr. Jacob Benally