From Human Code Machines

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Read in iready book on pages 344-346 or read below. Answer the questions. If you are confused on a question you may scroll to the bottom and read the question in the text especially the Part A and Part B questions.
Read in iready book on pages 344-346 or read below. Answer the questions. If you are confused on a question you may scroll to the bottom and read the question in the text especially the Part A and Part B questions.
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This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then answer part B.

Part A
How does the author support the idea that the Navajo men who volunteered to fight in World War II had been living isolated lives?

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10

Part B
Which paragraph in the text best supports the answer to Part A ?

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10

This question has 2 parts:
Part A
How does the author support the idea that the Navajo soldiers were able to make a code related to war even though their language lacked words for it?

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20

Part B
Which two details from the article support the answer in Part A?

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10

Which of the following best supports the idea that the Navajo code was hard to crack?

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10

What does the phrase "encoded a Navajo zoo" in paragraph 10 mean?

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10

The author says, "With just 400 words encoded, the Navajo put their cryptology to the acid test." What do you think the idiom "acid test" means?

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10

Where do the main ideas that Navajo Code Talkers helped win the war and that the code they developed was unbreakable develop?

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10

How did Philip Johnston play a role in creating the Navajo code?