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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. In the scene in which Ashton-Warner laments the family using school supply money for poker, how much did she say a pencil cost?
(a) Four pence.
(b) One shilling.
(c) Seven pence.
(d) Ten pence.

2. How were the chairs arranged for the reading and exchange period?
(a) In straight lines.
(b) In three rows.
(c) In a ring.
(d) There were no chairs used.

3. How did Ashton-Warner describe the vocabulary in most set early readers?
(a) Too happy.
(b) Boring.
(c) Unrealistic.
(d) Dead.

4. How many students, according to the university professor quoted in "The Unlived Life," are capable of creative thought?
(a) One in a thousand.
(b) One in ten thousand.
(c) One in five hundred.
(d) One in a hundred.

5. Which student picked the word bomb as a first key word?
(a) Seven.
(b) Gay.
(c) Matawhero.
(d) Dennis.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ashton-Warner, who provided the beer for the three-day party?

2. Which student had a father who worked at the carnival?

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

4. At what time of day did Ashton-Warner "teach" the Golden Section?

5. How much did Peter weigh?

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