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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. What is a "pakeha"?
(a) A chief.
(b) A warrior.
(c) A child.
(d) A white person.
2. How did Ashton-Warner react to Matawhero's attack on the other student?
(a) She made Matawhero apologize to the other student.
(b) She made him sit in front of the class all day.
(c) She put him in timeout.
(d) She sent him home.
3. What is a "roro"?
(a) A plaza.
(b) A roof.
(c) A verandah.
(d) A gazebo.
4. Although fear and sex were identified as two main instincts, what word did Ashton-Warner say was missing from the beginning Maori readers?
(a) Parent.
(b) Love.
(c) Kiss.
(d) Marriage.
5. What writer referred to "pedagogical intercourse"?
(a) Freud.
(b) Heidegger.
(c) Spinoza.
(d) Buber.
Short Answer Questions
1. What fictional character did Matawhero remind Ashton-Warner?
2. What position did Matawhero's grandfather hold?
3. What did Mrs. Cutter send to Ashton-Warner in "Life in a Maori School, 1"?
4. Whom did Matawhero hit in "Post Holiday Notes"?
5. What did one section of wallpaper depict?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the new teacher encountered by Ashton-Warner as she explores the renovated school.
2. How did sentence length differ between whites and Maoris?
3. How did Ashton-Warner view the importance of handwriting?
4. To what did Ashton-Warner attribute the lack of cohesiveness in some of her later students' stories?
5. How did Maoris and whites differ in terms of communal gatherings?
6. What happened when Ashton-Warner attempted to secure school uniforms for her students from a nearby shop?
7. What was the reaction of strangers to Ashton-Warner's multi-colored Maori belt?
8. What role did discipline play in Ashton-Warner's classroom?
9. What revelation did Ashton-Warner have in "Post-Holiday Notes" about using Maori readers with both Maori and white students?
10. Why did Ashton-Warner's white student, Dennis, have a nervous breakdown?
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