View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the drawings depict in the Infant Reading Scheme that Ashton-Warner showed to Tremaine?
(a) Wellington.
(b) Pa.
(c) Puki.
(d) Ihaka.

2. What was the weather like the day Ashton-Warner met with Tremaine?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Cold.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Hot.

3. What author, quoted by Ashton-Warner, advocated hitting children as punishment?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) D.H. Lawrence.
(d) E.M. Forster.

4. Why could the children not yet go into the classrooms?
(a) The roof was not finished.
(b) The chalkboards had not been installed.
(c) The floors were not yet dry.
(d) The stoves were not yet working.

5. To what did Ashton-Warner compare her classroom of the previous year?
(a) A fortress.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) A Maori village.
(d) A castle.

6. Which student suffered a nervous breakdown?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Mark.
(d) Seven.

7. Which basketball player had a leg injury and could not play in the competition?
(a) Polly.
(b) Tatu.
(c) Della.
(d) Marion.

8. What story was Ashton-Warner asked to read while trying to get the child to nap?
(a) Hansel and Gretel.
(b) Cinderella.
(c) Red Riding Hood.
(d) The Blue Jug.

9. How old was Peter, the chairman of the school board?
(a) 58.
(b) 70.
(c) 65.
(d) 60.

10. In what tense should verbs be when taught to beginning readers, according to Ashton-Warern?
(a) Present subjunctive.
(b) Present.
(c) Past perfect.
(d) Past.

11. Whom did Matawhero hit in "Post Holiday Notes"?
(a) Mark.
(b) Seven.
(c) Mohi.
(d) Gordon.

12. What is a "roro"?
(a) A plaza.
(b) A roof.
(c) A verandah.
(d) A gazebo.

13. What did Mere and June rub on their faces?
(a) Red chalk.
(b) Red paint.
(c) Blue powder.
(d) Yellow crayon.

14. What did Ashton-Warner do as she turned and left the classroom?
(a) Say goodbye.
(b) Cry.
(c) Wave.
(d) Sigh.

15. What is a "pakeha"?
(a) A warrior.
(b) A chief.
(c) A white person.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were the new doors in the classrooms?

2. What word was outlawed at the school?

3. What is the Maori nickname for New Zealand?

4. In what town was the "most spectacular" Maori meeting house in New Zealand?

5. Which student wrote about a father drinking all the beer at the party?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 348 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample