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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a "little one" say somebody had broken in Ashton-Warner's reminiscences?
(a) His toy car.
(b) His hut.
(c) His toy jet.
(d) His castle.

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

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

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

5. What did her former students do when Ashton-Warner arrived to visit their new classroom?
(a) They rose together to greet her.
(b) They gathered in a circle around her.
(c) They sat still in their chairs.
(d) They ran helter-skelter toward her.

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

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

8. Which student wrote about a father drinking all the beer at the party?
(a) Irini.
(b) Makere.
(c) Rongo.
(d) Matawhero.

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

10. When was the last time someone bought new things for Helen?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) Four years.
(d) Two years.

11. According to Ashton-Warner, who provided the beer for the three-day party?
(a) The police.
(b) The school.
(c) Maori leaders.
(d) White neighbors.

12. What colors were on the Maori belt worn by Ashton-Warner?
(a) Black, cream, and red.
(b) Black, red, and blue.
(c) Cream, red, and blue.
(d) Black and red.

13. What is the Maori nickname for New Zealand?
(a) Land of the Beautiful Mountains.
(b) Land of the Green Mountains.
(c) Land of the High Valleys.
(d) Land of the Long White Cloud.

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

15. How many children can work at the art easel in the new classroom?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "waiata"?

2. Which author stated that "words have souls"?

3. Which basketball player had a leg injury and could not play in the competition?

4. Why could the children not yet go into the classrooms?

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

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