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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 many words had Tame learned, according to the chart in "Post Holiday Notes"?
(a) 68.
(b) 46.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

2. What did Brian mean by the term he used to describe the bus in his story?
(a) Huge.
(b) Worn-out.
(c) Rackety.
(d) Falling apart.

3. Under what category was the Maori word, "haka," placed?
(a) Locomotion.
(b) Other.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sex.

4. What did the junior assistant or a senior pupil sometimes do with the younger students during shared reading?
(a) Dance.
(b) Do a science experiment.
(c) Read a story.
(d) Sing.

5. What is a "waiata"?
(a) A Maori hut.
(b) A Maori song.
(c) A Maori shield.
(d) A Maori weapon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the true school master, according to the quote from Caldwell Cook?

2. Which student suffered a nervous breakdown?

3. Which student wrote about his father hitting his mother in her face in "Compositions"?

4. Where did the visitors who came to look at the Maori primers visiting from?

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

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