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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life in a Maori School, 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ashton-Warner, what is the only answer to destructiveness?
(a) Intervention.
(b) Peaceful readings.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Meditation.

2. How many fancy-dress costumes did Ashton-Warner own?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Seventy.

3. When was the last time someone bought new things for Helen?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.

4. What was Ashton-Warner's response to the problems with the set early readers?
(a) She used existing Maori texts.
(b) She wrote the books for her students.
(c) She asked the families to provide better books.
(d) The students wrote their own books.

5. What did Ashton-Warner call the most "comely word" in the language?
(a) Serenity.
(b) Peace.
(c) Rest.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author stated that "words have souls"?

2. What activity was NOT included under the 2:10-3 p.m. time slot under "Daily Rhythm"?

3. Who is the true school master, according to the quote from Caldwell Cook?

4. From where, according to Ashton-Warner, did most New Zealand children develop a "mass mind"?

5. What composer was Ashton-Warner playing when her students began doing expressive dancing?

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