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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 was the most significant part of the students' shared reading?
(a) The discussions.
(b) The teaching of grammar.
(c) The teaching of spelling.
(d) The practice in reading aloud.

2. At what time of day did Ashton-Warner "teach" the Golden Section?
(a) Between 2 and 3.
(b) Between 1 and 2.
(c) Between 9 and 10.
(d) Between 12 and 1.

3. According to Ashton-Warner, what is the only answer to destructiveness?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Peaceful readings.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Intervention.

4. What color ears did Ashton-Warner say she sometimes saw in children's illustrations?
(a) Pink.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

5. According to Ashton-Warner, who provided the beer for the three-day party?
(a) The police.
(b) White neighbors.
(c) Maori leaders.
(d) The school.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season was the story of The Three Goats told?

2. What interesting word did Brian use to describe a bus in his story?

3. In the scene in which Ashton-Warner laments the family using school supply money for poker, how much did she say a pencil cost?

4. In what year did Leo Tolstoy begin his peasant school?

5. How many fancy-dress costumes did Ashton-Warner own?

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