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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 children were in Puki's family?
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

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

3. In what town was the "most spectacular" Maori meeting house in New Zealand?
(a) Auckland.
(b) Wellington.
(c) Smithtown.
(d) Waiomatatini.

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

5. What was one of the items "missing" from the new classroom?
(a) The wallpaper.
(b) The murals.
(c) The water trough.
(d) The coat hooks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "pakeha"?

2. How much ice cream did the boys steal from the shop in "Post Holiday Notes"?

3. What were Ashton-Warner and Mr. Tremaine drinking while talking on the porch?

4. How much money had been lost in poker and beer by the parent of one student, in the section "Composition"?

5. What illustration was NOT included in the pictures on the new coat hooks for the students?

Short Essay Questions

1. In her discussion of pedagogy as marriage, what did Ashton-Warner mean when she said that "love interferes with fidelity"?

2. Why did Ashton-Warner's white student, Dennis, have a nervous breakdown?

3. What did the students' compositions reveal about their family lives?

4. Why was Ashton-Warner disappointed with the pictures the new teacher had chosen to personalize the children's coat hooks?

5. Why was Ashton-Warner upset about the way she handled Mark Cutter when his mother insisted that her son was advancing too quickly in class?

6. Why did Ashton-Warner say that when giving first words to her students, she avoided showing them any illustrations of those words?

7. Why was Ashton-Warner so worried about the prospect of being visited by the inspector?

8. To what did Ashton-Warner attribute the lack of cohesiveness in some of her later students' stories?

9. What was Ashton-Warner's attitude toward the white students who accused Maori students of theft?

10. How did Ashton-Warner view the importance of handwriting?

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