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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what institution did Ashton-Warner compare teaching?
(a) Confirmation.
(b) Baptism.
(c) First Communion.
(d) Marriage.

2. Which student did Ashton-Warner say was one of her brightest and most sensitive, despite the poor handwriting?
(a) Matawhero.
(b) Seven.
(c) Mark.
(d) Puki.

3. What instrument did the seven-year-old twins play after the event for Kahu?
(a) Ukelele.
(b) Piano.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Drums.

4. How did Ashton-Warner react after the "June incident"?
(a) She considered quitting.
(b) She quickly forgot about it.
(c) She could not sleep at night.
(d) She became sick.

5. Which wall in the new classroom was completely glassed?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) East.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Cutter send to Ashton-Warner in "Life in a Maori School, 1"?

2. How much money had been lost in poker and beer by the parent of one student, in the section "Composition"?

3. What did Ashton-Warner call the "weakest" words in the language?

4. To what did Ashton-Warner compare her classroom of the previous year?

5. What did her former students do when Ashton-Warner arrived to visit their new classroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the new teacher encountered by Ashton-Warner as she explores the renovated school.

2. What did the students' compositions reveal about their family lives?

3. What was the reaction of strangers to Ashton-Warner's multi-colored Maori belt?

4. What happened when Ashton-Warner attempted to secure school uniforms for her students from a nearby shop?

5. In "Post Holiday Notes," what word did Ashton-Warner use to represent the key instinct of fear to her students?

6. How did Ashton-Warner view the importance of handwriting?

7. What was Ashton-Warner's reaction to the traditional Maori music performed by the children under the direction of Kahu?

8. Why was Ashton-Warner upset about the way she handled Mark Cutter when his mother insisted that her son was advancing too quickly in class?

9. To what did Ashton-Warner attribute the lack of cohesiveness in some of her later students' stories?

10. What set the local Maori pa (village) where Ashton-Warner taught apart from other pas?

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