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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. Which basketball player had a leg injury and could not play in the competition?
(a) Polly.
(b) Tatu.
(c) Della.
(d) Marion.

2. What did Ashton-Warner keep on hand to repair the student books?
(a) Binders.
(b) Paper clips.
(c) Tape.
(d) Stapler.

3. How did Ashton-Warner approach spelling after the students wrote new words on the blackboard?
(a) She asked all of the students to spell all of the words.
(b) She had each student write the spellings down for a test.
(c) She allowed students to pick a word to spell if they wanted to.
(d) She had the students spell the words from other students.

4. Which student wrote about his father hitting his mother in her face in "Compositions"?
(a) Riti.
(b) Makere.
(c) Rongo.
(d) Matawhero.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ashton-Warner call the most "comely word" in the language?

2. What did the students do with the new words put up on the blackboard each morning?

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

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

5. At what age did students enter Std., Form II in New Zealand?

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