The Unbreakable Code Guided Reading
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18 questions
Note from the author:
Today you will read The Unbreakable Code in the Wonders Textbook starting on page 430. Please follow along in Formative as you read the text.
Today you will read The Unbreakable Code in the Wonders Textbook starting on page 430. Please follow along in Formative as you read the text.
Required
2
Who is John hiding from? Why is he hiding?
John is hiding from _______________ because __________________________________________
Other Answer Choices:
he doesn't want to move to North Carolina.
his family
he doesn't want to move to Minnesota.
he doesn't want to move onto the reservation.
his teacher
his grandfather
Required
5
What does Grandfather want John to do?
Grandfather wants John to ___________________________so John can _________________
Other Answer Choices:
continue to speak Navajo
stay with him on the reservation.
go with his stepfather
go to school
Required
3
What is the unbreakable code?
The unbreakable code is _________________________
Other Answer Choices:
the alphabet mixed up.
the Navajo language.
Required
5
How do Grandfather and John feel about speaking Navajo?
Grandfather thinks __________________________________________ , but John feels like __________________________ because ____________________________________________
Other Answer Choices:
John should never forget his language
no one in his new school speaks Navajo.
Navajo is the only language he should speak
Navajo can't help him
John should learn another language
Required
5
Why wasn't Grandfather allowed to speak Navajo at the boarding school?
He couldn't speak it because _________________________________________________
Other Answer Choices:
the school wanted everyone to speak English.
the school wanted students to learn the Navajo language.
Required
5
Why was Grandfather able to enlist even though he wasn't old enough?
Grandfather could enlist because __________________________________________
Other Answer Choices:
the reservation had no birth records.
they needed him and did not worry about age.
Required
5
Why were Grandfather and his platoon brought to a new camp in San Diego?
The platoon was needed to ____________________________________________ The government wanted to use the code to send ______________________that the Japanese _____________________during an invasion of _________________________
Other Answer Choices:
use the English language to make a code.
could not decode
American messages
use the Navajo language to make a code.
the Pacific Islands.
Required
5
Why could the Navajo language be a secret weapon?
Navajo could be a secret weapon because _________________________________and it had never been _________________ so there was no _____________ to decode.
Other Answer Choices:
alphabet
written down
animals
few outsiders had learned it
many outsiders had learned it
spoken
Required
5
What were the challenges of creating the code?
The code had to be ___________ and _________ and the platoon would only have _____________________________________
Other Answer Choices:
slow
simple
one chance to send each message.
fast
three chances to send each message.
Required
5
What did the platoon do to create and learn the code?
The platoon used words from ___________ that were _________ to remember and they ________________________________
Other Answer Choices:
easy
tested each other at night.
hard
songs
nature
Required
5
Why did the American soldier think that Grandfather was a spy?
He thought this because Grandfather was talking in a _____________________and he had ______________ and ______________ like the ______________
Other Answer Choices:
dark hair
Americans.
foreign language
strange voice
dark eyes
blue eyes
Japanese.
light hair
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5
Why did Grandfather carry the wallet with him?
Grandfather carried it because it had _________________ from the __________________The medicine man told Grandfather to _____________________
Other Answer Choices:
never be afraid.
corn pollen
stay quiet.
kitchen.
medicine man.
Required
5
What did the code talkers do during the invasion of Iwo Jima?
The code talkers passed over eight hundred_____________ in _____________ and they announced the _____________________
Other Answer Choices:
messages
two days
two weeks
victory in English.
victory in code.
Required
5
How does Grandfather help John overcome his fear of moving?
Grandfather gives John his ___________to remind him of the _____________________ that _______________________
Other Answer Choices:
hurt his country.
coin
breakable code
saved his country.
wallet
unbreakable code
Required
20
Put the events into the correct sequence using First, Next, Then, After that, Finally
Put the events into the correct sequence using First, Next, Then, After that, Finally
- John runs up the trail and hides next to the pinon tree. He does not want to move away with his mother and new stepfather.
- Soon, the Navajo are in the middle of World War II. They are speaking in code and risking their lives to help the United States.
- After enlisting in the Marines, Grandfather finds out the government wants to use the Navajo language as an unbreakable code.
- Grandfather appears on horseback. He tells John that he will be okay because John has "an unbreakable code."
- When Grandfather returns from the war, he comes home to the canyon and vows he won't leave home again.
- Grandfather begins to tell John about being a young boy and going to a government boarding school. They cut off his hair and forbid him from speaking the Navajo language.
- Finally, Grandfather gives John his wallet with the corn pollen from the medicine man inside. This is the same wallet Grandfather had in World War II, and it kept him safe. John is less scared of going to a new place. His Grandfather has shown him that John will always be who he is, and he will bring this with him.
- The Navajo memorize military terms to code, and they practice putting together radios while blindfolded.
- Then, one night, Grandfather hears the Navajo are needed in the Marines! He sneaks out of the boarding school to join.
Required
5
How does Grandfather show that the Navajo language is important to him?
How does Grandfather show that the Navajo language is important to him?
Required
5
Describe how the Navajo helped in the war.
Describe how the Navajo helped in the war.
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5
At the end of the story, explain the significance of Grandfather giving John the wallet.
At the end of the story, explain the significance of Grandfather giving John the wallet.