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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 emotion/activity was NOT listed under the "Daily Rhythm" section of Ashton-Warner's daily schedule?
(a) Quarrelling.
(b) Loving.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Crying.

2. Which student wrote about a father drinking all the beer at the party?
(a) Irini.
(b) Matawhero.
(c) Makere.
(d) Rongo.

3. Which author stated that "words have souls"?
(a) Hugo.
(b) de Maupassant.
(c) de Maurier.
(d) Camus.

4. What composer was Ashton-Warner playing when her students began doing expressive dancing?
(a) Handel.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Shubert.
(d) Mozart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the junior assistant or a senior pupil sometimes do with the younger students during shared reading?

2. How many students, according to the university professor quoted in "The Unlived Life," are capable of creative thought?

3. How many fancy-dress costumes did Ashton-Warner own?

4. How were the children's stories "produced"?

5. How old was Peter, the chairman of the school board?

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