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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. How much did Peter weigh?
(a) 18 stone.
(b) 15 stone.
(c) 14 stone.
(d) 16 stone.

2. At what age did students enter Std., Form II in New Zealand?
(a) 13 or 14.
(b) 14 or 15.
(c) 16 or 17.
(d) 12 or 13.

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

4. How old was Peter, the chairman of the school board?
(a) 70.
(b) 60.
(c) 65.
(d) 58.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what children's classic did Ashton-Warner refer when writing about books not read in her classroom?

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

3. What did Brian mean by the term he used to describe the bus in his story?

4. How many children were on Ashton-Warner's school basketball team?

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

(see the answer key)

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