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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. What was the most significant part of the students' shared reading?
(a) The teaching of grammar.
(b) The teaching of spelling.
(c) The discussions.
(d) The practice in reading aloud.

2. In the "game" in which children said what frightened them, what was Seven afraid of?
(a) Worms.
(b) Skeletons.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Snakes.

3. What is a "pakeha"?
(a) A child.
(b) A warrior.
(c) A white person.
(d) A chief.

4. What was the most powerful word under the "sex" category?
(a) Dance.
(b) Darling.
(c) Love.
(d) Kiss.

5. To what children's classic did Ashton-Warner refer when writing about books not read in her classroom?
(a) Winnie the Pooh.
(b) Treasure Island.
(c) Alice in Wonderland.
(d) Peter Pan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosopher said that language must precede a nation's formation?

2. What poet is quoted at the beginning of "Tone"?

3. How did Ashton-Warner describe the energy released during the spelling period in "The Mechanics of Teaching Organic Spelling"?

4. How long were Ashton-Warner's seven-year-old students able to write?

5. What word was outlawed at the school?

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