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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 was Helen Keller's first word?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Water.
(c) Pump.
(d) Mother.

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

3. What is a "pa"?
(a) A Maori dance.
(b) A Maori warclub.
(c) A Maori hat.
(d) A Maori village.

4. To what world-wide agency did Ashton-Warner refer to in describing teaching methods in underdeveloped nations?
(a) Red Cross.
(b) Save the Children.
(c) UNESCO.
(d) Feed the Children.

5. What did the junior assistant or a senior pupil sometimes do with the younger students during shared reading?
(a) Read a story.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Do a science experiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosopher said that language must precede a nation's formation?

2. How many "halves" did the girls' basketball team play?

3. What did Brian mean by the term he used to describe the bus in his story?

4. What were the two main instincts around which the key vocabulary was built?

5. What was the snail nicknamed?

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