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

2. How did Ashton-Warner react to Matawhero's attack on the other student?
(a) She made Matawhero apologize to the other student.
(b) She put him in timeout.
(c) She made him sit in front of the class all day.
(d) She sent him home.

3. What writer referred to "pedagogical intercourse"?
(a) Buber.
(b) Freud.
(c) Heidegger.
(d) Spinoza.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long were Ashton-Warner's seven-year-old students able to write?

2. What educational thinker was quoted at the beginning of "Organic Writing"?

3. How old was Peter, the chairman of the school board?

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

5. For how long did Ashton-Warner experiment in developing the Maori transitional readers?

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