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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life in A Maori School, 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Mark claim had been stolen from him in "Life in a Maori School, 1"?
(a) An easel.
(b) An apron.
(c) A backpack.
(d) A paintbrush.

3. According to Erich Fromm, what is the outcome of the unlived life?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Destructiveness.
(c) Substance abuse.
(d) Depression.

4. What poet is quoted at the beginning of "Tone"?
(a) W.B. Yeats.
(b) Emerson.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) e.e. cummings.

5. What is a "pa"?
(a) A Maori village.
(b) A Maori hat.
(c) A Maori dance.
(d) A Maori warclub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story was Ashton-Warner asked to read while trying to get the child to nap?

2. On what evening did Mr. Tremaine visit the school?

3. To what natural phenomenon did Ashton-Warner describe the mind of a young child?

4. What student did Ashton-Warner think would have advanced farther had he been able to use "white" readers?

5. What did Ashton-Warner keep on hand to repair the student books?

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