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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ashton-Warner react to Matawhero's attack on the other student?
(a) She made him sit in front of the class all day.
(b) She put him in timeout.
(c) She made Matawhero apologize to the other student.
(d) She sent him home.

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

3. To what music did the children perform spontaneous, expressive dance?
(a) Vivaldi.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Shubert.
(d) Mozart.

4. In the scene in which Ashton-Warner laments the family using school supply money for poker, how much did she say a pencil cost?
(a) One shilling.
(b) Seven pence.
(c) Ten pence.
(d) Four pence.

5. When did "Remembering" take place?
(a) A year after the events in the book.
(b) Five years later.
(c) Six months later.
(d) Two years later.

6. What sport did the Maoris allegedly play during the three-day party?
(a) Hockey.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Baseball.

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

8. How many words had Tame learned, according to the chart in "Post Holiday Notes"?
(a) 12.
(b) 68.
(c) 3.
(d) 46.

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

10. Which author stated that "words have souls"?
(a) Hugo.
(b) de Maurier.
(c) de Maupassant.
(d) Camus.

11. To what institution did Ashton-Warner compare teaching?
(a) First Communion.
(b) Confirmation.
(c) Baptism.
(d) Marriage.

12. What illustration was NOT included in the pictures on the new coat hooks for the students?
(a) Animals.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) The pa.
(d) White children.

13. How much money had been lost in poker and beer by the parent of one student, in the section "Composition"?
(a) 100 pounds.
(b) 95 pounds.
(c) 84 pounds.
(d) 67 pounds.

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

15. What were Ashton-Warner and Mr. Tremaine drinking while talking on the porch?
(a) Wine.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which student wrote about his father hitting his mother in her face in "Compositions"?

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

3. Where did the visitors who came to look at the Maori primers visiting from?

4. What position did Matawhero's grandfather hold?

5. Which of her former students was NOT in the new classroom for the new readers?

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