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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. How long were most of the "stories" written by the students at the beginning of school?
(a) Two sentences.
(b) Two or three words.
(c) One sentence.
(d) One paragraph.

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

3. What is a "pakeha"?
(a) A warrior.
(b) A child.
(c) A white person.
(d) A chief.

4. To what natural phenomenon does the term "Golden Section" refer?
(a) Leaf patterns.
(b) Plant growth.
(c) Animal growth.
(d) Wave patterns.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mark claim had been stolen from him in "Life in a Maori School, 1"?

3. How did Ashton-Warner approach spelling after the students wrote new words on the blackboard?

4. On what day did it become clear that the inspectors would not be coming?

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

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