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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 were the children's stories "produced"?
(a) In the teacher's handwriting.
(b) In their own handwriting.
(c) On a school typewriter.
(d) At a professional printers,

2. By what title was Tolstoy known to his students?
(a) Master.
(b) Papa.
(c) Count.
(d) Sir.

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

4. How many children were in Puki's family?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "waiata"?

2. What did the drawings depict in the Infant Reading Scheme that Ashton-Warner showed to Tremaine?

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

4. What author, quoted by Ashton-Warner, advocated hitting children as punishment?

5. In what season was the story of the Little Red Hen told?

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