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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Remembering.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word did Ashton-Warner say few boys did not know how to spell?
(a) Rocket.
(b) Cowboy.
(c) Indian.
(d) Jet.

2. What word was outlawed at the school?
(a) Kill.
(b) Beer.
(c) Steal.
(d) Cheat.

3. How much ice cream did the boys steal from the shop in "Post Holiday Notes"?
(a) 10 pounds.
(b) 20 pounds.
(c) 15 pounds.
(d) 200 pounds.

4. How many students, according to the university professor quoted in "The Unlived Life," are capable of creative thought?
(a) One in ten thousand.
(b) One in a hundred.
(c) One in a thousand.
(d) One in five hundred.

5. How many "halves" did the girls' basketball team play?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money had been lost in poker and beer by the parent of one student, in the section "Composition"?

2. Which wall in the new classroom was completely glassed?

3. What story was Ashton-Warner asked to read while trying to get the child to nap?

4. What part of speech did Ashton-Warner first teach her Maori students to read?

5. What pet did Matawhero bring to school in "Post Holiday Notes?"

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