1. CODE TALKER – CH 1-7

2. Chapter 1: “Sent Away”

3. HOGAN

4. HOGAN

5. TURQUOISE

6. SQUASH-BLOSSOM JEWELRY

7. SQUASH-BLOSSOM JEWELRY

8. CONCHA BELT

9. “She was dressed in her finest clothing …”
Why?

10. Simile:

11. Page 7: Characterization
What quality does the quote show? “I felt a splinter go into my finger from the rough wood, but I ignored the pain.”

12. GALLUP

13. “Kii Yázhí,” he said, “look ahead.”
Why?

14. Page 8-9: We learn why Little Boy is going to school We also learn about the history between Europeans and Navajo

15. Chapter 2 What do the children look like? What are they wearing?
What do they do?

16. Explain: -- clan? -- the clan the children were born to?
-- the clan the children were born for?
Why is this important for Navajo?
Does Kii Yázhí have any relatives there?

17. Kii Yázhí explains to his grandchildren:
“In those days, our language was not spoken the same everywhere by every group of Navajos.”
Can you guess why this changed?

18. Two characters: The red-skinned man Mr. Jacob Benally

19. Chapter 3: “To Be Forgotten”

21. What happened to the children’s jewelry?
Why did Mr. Reamer choose the children’s new names?

22. - why the last name “Begay”? - why the first name “Ned”?
Explain:
- why the last name “Begay”?
- why the first name “Ned”?

23. Chapter 4: “Progress”
What happened when Ned politely greeted Mr. Reamer?
Describe John Roanhorse:
What did he do? (fact)
Why? (inference)
Is the title of the chapter ironic?

24. Chapter 5: “High School”
Describe the high school. Why does Ned enter high school? Where is it? How is it different from the mission school?
(note about “mission:” It was considered the job, or the “mission,” of Christians to change the religion of everyone they met

25. JIM THORPE

26. What made Ned interested in Japan?

27. Chapter 6: “Sneak Attack”
In 1940, the Navajo Tribal Council wrote a special resolution
What does Ned say about the words?
How is the resolution similar to the Declaration of Independence?

28. DUNCE CAP

29. DEC. 7, 1941: PEARL HARBOR

30. DEC. 7, 1941

31. Chapter 7: “Navajos Wanted”
Paraphrase: “By Christmas of 1941 all those places had fallen to the Empire of the Rising Sun.”

32. Chapter 7: “Navajos Wanted”
Paraphrase: “The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs had given its sanction for Navajos to join up.”

33. Chapter 7: “Navajos Wanted”
Paraphrase: “... some who enlisted that day and in the days following figured that they were heading for some kind of desk job and not into combat.”

34. Why did the Americans trust the Mexicans?
p. 9
 Why did the Americans trust the Mexicans?

35. Why did Ned's uncle not say good bye to him?
p. 12
Why did Ned's uncle not say good bye to him?

36. What was Jacob Benally’s “real” job?
p. 17
What was Jacob Benally’s “real” job?

37. p. 24
Which students were friendly to Ned in his forst day at boarding school?

38. p. 23
A sign at Ned's mission school declares, "Tradition is the enemy of progress.” What does this motto mean to the teachers of the mission school?

39. Which student did not stop speaking Navajo?

40. How would you describe the teaching methods and classroom styles of Ned’s teachers in boarding school?

41. Could a boarding school like Ned describes exist today?

42. Was Ned a good student?

43. p. 31
What is ironic about Ned and his classmates sending canned food to Japan?

44. p. 33
Why were the Germans conquering other nations? (What did Germany and Japan have in common?)

45. How is Frank Shinn different from other white people Ned has known?