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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What composer was Ashton-Warner playing when her students began doing expressive dancing?
(a) Handel.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Shubert.
(d) Beethoven.

3. Where did the smaller children sometimes go during the shared reading period?
(a) Outside for games.
(b) To another room for science.
(c) To another room for history.
(d) To the math room.

4. What color crayon did Ashton-Warner use for the key vocabulary?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

5. What "univited insect" was NOT seen in the classroom?
(a) Spider.
(b) Mantis.
(c) Lice.
(d) Wasp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the students do with their cards after they were handed out?

2. What did Ashton-Warner keep on hand to repair the student books?

3. What size were the cards Ashton-Warner used for the key vocabulary words?

4. How many fancy-dress costumes did Ashton-Warner own?

5. How did Ashton-Warner "grade" the stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. Into what two main categories did Ashton-Warner place many of her students' first words?

2. How did early exposure to white cultural norms adversely affect the Maori?

3. How did the Maori early readers provide a bridge to eventual reading of European material?

4. In what way does nature provide lessons that books or indoor plantings cannot?

5. What was the role of handwriting in the Maori students' stories?

6. What was Ashton-Warner's reaction to the sometimes violent imagery used in the children's stories?

7. What did Ashton-Warner mean by "tone" in the classroom?

8. By what process was spelling taught in Ashton-Warner's classroom?

9. Why was it important for the teacher to be a good conversationalist in the classroom?

10. Why did Ashton-Warner describe children's minds as volcanoes and how did that affect her teaching?

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