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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life in a Maori School, 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What composer was Ashton-Warner playing when her students began doing expressive dancing?
(a) Handel.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Shubert.
(d) Mozart.

2. At what time did the students turn to the new words during the "intake period"?
(a) 11:30 a.m.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) 10:30 a.m.

3. To what Dickens novel character did Ashton-Warner refer in "Maori Transitional Readers?"
(a) Jean Valjean.
(b) Tiny Tim.
(c) Oliver Twist.
(d) David Copperfield.

4. What was Amira's supposed score in basketball practice?
(a) 821.
(b) 760.
(c) 536.
(d) 721.

5. How long did many of the students' stories become by the time they were six?
(a) Three sentences.
(b) One whole paragraph.
(c) Half a page.
(d) One page.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what world-wide agency did Ashton-Warner refer to in describing teaching methods in underdeveloped nations?

3. How were the children's stories "produced"?

4. What student did Ashton-Warner think would have advanced farther had he been able to use "white" readers?

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

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