View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life in a Maori School, 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the illustrations accompanying "Organic Writing," what fatal accident did one child claim had happened to him?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He died of cancer.
(d) He died in a car accident.

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

3. What did Ashton-Warner do with the key vocabulary words that were forgotten the next day?
(a) She focused on teaching those words.
(b) She put the cards away for another day.
(c) She destroyed those cards.
(d) She tried the cards with other students.

4. What did the students do if they ran out of time to write their stories in the allotted time?
(a) They finished them the next day.
(b) They finished them at home.
(c) They finished them in the afternoon.
(d) They extended the writing period.

5. To what artist did Ashton-Warner refer to in "Workbook"?
(a) Titian.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) Raphael.
(d) Botticelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "taiaha"?

2. How long were most of the "stories" written by the students at the beginning of school?

3. How many Maori readers did Aston-Warner hand-print?

4. What did the students do with the new words put up on the blackboard each morning?

5. What did Mark claim had been stolen from him in "Life in a Maori School, 1"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 253 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample