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The Coming of Long Knives
Key Figures
100
Dear Mr. Alvarez This punctuation mark is placed at the end of the greeting or salutation of a business letter.
What is a colon?
100
This is a synonym for sight.
What is V-I-S-I-O-N?
100
This is a synonym for vacate or leave.
What is abandon?
100
The soldiers are called the "Long Knives" by the Navajo because they carry these sharp objects.
What are swords?
100
This is the Native American tribe that was forced to migrate from Arizona to New Mexico also called the Long Walk.
what is the Navaho or Navajo?
200
1720 12th Avenue Oakland CA 94606 This punctuation mark is placed between the city and state in an address.
What is a comma?
200
This is what you do with a ruler.
What is M-E-A-S-U-R-E?
200
This is a traditional Navajo house.
What is a hogan?
200
Bright Morning's father realizes that the Long Knives intend to do this to the Navahos.
What is starve them?
200
She is the fourteen-year-old Navaho girl who was saved by Tall Boy by Spanish slave traders.
Who is Bright Morning ?
300
Beneath the bright lights of the big city, many people rose to fame. This is the prepositional phrase of the sentence.
What is "beneath the bright lights of the big city"?
300
Spell the noun that means little or no food to eat.
What is S-T-A-R-V-A-T-I-O-N?
300
This is the antonym for unsafe or not protected.
What is secure?
300
Tall Boy misses the leader of the Long Knives when he throws his spear because of this reason.
What is he cannot use his right hand or he is crippled?
300
This Navaho wants to join the fight against the Long Knives, but is ordered by Bright Morning's father to help gather the Navaho people up to the mesa.
Who is Tall Boy?
400
Of all periods in American history I like the Civil War era best. This is where you place the comma to punctuate this sentence correctly.
Of all periods in American history, I like the Civil War era best.
400
This is a synonym for country?
What is N-A-T-I-O-N?
400
When someone is captured, they are held in this noun.
What is captivity ?
400
When the Long Knives find the peach trees/ orchard, they do this to them.
What is chop off the branches?
400
This is who realizes that the Long Knives are attempting to starve out the Navaho by chopping down the peach orchard and destroying their crops.
Who is Bright Morning's Father?
500
Agreeing to cooperate under a new government, the colonies gave up some of their independence. This is the participial phrase (phrase containing the present participial verb) of this sentence.
What is "agreeing to cooperate under a new government"?
500
This is the act of two things running into each other.
What is C-O-L-L-S-I-O-N?
500
This is the antonym for inhabited or occupied.
What is deserted?
500
The Navaho elders plan to do this instead of fight the white men.
What is leave the area?
500
The warriors leave this Navaho behind because he is considered useless.
Who is Tall Boy?
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