Question

Read the following text from a historical novel. This excerpt is about the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II.
This small piece of metal holds a story that I was not allowed to speak for many winters. It is the true story of how Navajo Marines helped America win a great war. There is much that I must remember to speak for this medal, to tell its story as it should be told. I must remember not only the great secret with which I was trusted, but also all that happened to me and those like me. That is a lot. But I think that I can do it well enough. After all, I was expected to remember, as were the other men trained with me. The lives of many men depended entirely on our memories.
The previous text suggested that memory was vital to Navajo culture. How does this historical novel build on or challenge that idea?
A. It suggests only Navajo Code Talkers had the ability to remember things.
B. It demonstrates how memories changed over time for the Navajo Code Talkers.
C. It emphasizes the importance of memory for the Navajo Code Talkers.

Answer 1

C. It emphasizes the importance of memory for the Navajo Code Talkers.

The narrator repeatedly stresses remembering—being trusted with a "great secret," having to remember events to tell the medal's story, and that "the lives of many men depended entirely on our memories"—which highlights how vital memory was for them.