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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. What part of speech did Ashton-Warner first teach her Maori students to read?
(a) Verbs
(b) Prepositions.
(c) Nouns.
(d) Pronouns.

2. What is the Maori nickname for New Zealand?
(a) Land of the Green Mountains.
(b) Land of the High Valleys.
(c) Land of the Beautiful Mountains.
(d) Land of the Long White Cloud.

3. What teacher did Ashton-Warner describe as being on the "high mountain" at the beginning of "Workbook"?
(a) Christ.
(b) Lo Tung.
(c) Moses.
(d) Buddha.

4. What was the ideal number of students to whom a teacher could give individual attention?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

5. Which student stumbled on the words "Come," "look," and "and"?
(a) Rangi.
(b) Seven.
(c) Gay.
(d) Matawhero.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago had the Maoris ancestors arrived in New Zealand from Polynesia?

2. What did Mrs. Cutter send to Ashton-Warner in "Life in a Maori School, 1"?

3. By what title was Tolstoy known to his students?

4. What was the snail nicknamed?

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

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