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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which student wrote about his father hitting his mother in her face in "Compositions"?
(a) Rongo.
(b) Makere.
(c) Riti.
(d) Matawhero.

2. What fictional character did Matawhero remind Ashton-Warner?
(a) Winnie the Pooh.
(b) Hansel.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) Christopher Robin.

3. How much did Peter weigh?
(a) 14 stone.
(b) 18 stone.
(c) 15 stone.
(d) 16 stone.

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

5. What did Ashton-Warner call the "weakest" words in the language?
(a) Come, see, but.
(b) Look, see, and.
(c) Come, look, and.
(d) She, he, it.

6. What did one section of wallpaper depict?
(a) Mickey Mouse.
(b) Cowboys and Indians.
(c) Cops and robbers.
(d) Hansel and Gretel.

7. What color were the new doors in the classrooms?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

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

9. On what day did it become clear that the inspectors would not be coming?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) The following Monday.
(d) Friday.

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

11. At what age did students enter Std., Form II in New Zealand?
(a) 16 or 17.
(b) 13 or 14.
(c) 14 or 15.
(d) 12 or 13.

12. What word was NOT included on the list of words for struggling readers in February?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Kiss.
(c) Football.
(d) Cried.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the last time someone bought new things for Helen?

2. What kind of tree could be seen through the glass wall?

3. To what did Ashton-Warner compare her classroom of the previous year?

4. How did Ashton-Warner describe the porch where she met with Tremaine?

5. What event was being celebrated for Kahu at the Assembly Hall?

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