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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 part of speech did Ashton-Warner first teach her Maori students to read?
(a) Verbs
(b) Prepositions.
(c) Pronouns.
(d) Nouns.

2. In what tense should verbs be when taught to beginning readers, according to Ashton-Warern?
(a) Past.
(b) Present.
(c) Present subjunctive.
(d) Past perfect.

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

4. What is a "marae?"
(a) A ceremonial mask.
(b) A temple enclosure.
(c) A totem pole.
(d) A wooden spear.

5. Which student did Ashton-Warner say had to talk to the teacher every time she read a story?
(a) Joe Joe.
(b) Seven.
(c) Waiwini.
(d) Matawhero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the visitors who came to look at the Maori primers visiting from?

2. On what day did it become clear that the inspectors would not be coming?

3. What word was NOT included on the list of words for struggling readers in February?

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

5. On what evening did Mr. Tremaine visit the school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did sentence length differ between whites and Maoris?

2. Describe the new teacher encountered by Ashton-Warner as she explores the renovated school.

3. What set the local Maori pa (village) where Ashton-Warner taught apart from other pas?

4. Why did Ashton-Warner focus on teaching her Maori students nouns at first?

5. How did Ashton-Warner describe the moments in her life when she knew the meaning of what was happening to her?

6. What revelation did Ashton-Warner have in "Post-Holiday Notes" about using Maori readers with both Maori and white students?

7. What were the vocabulary words like in the new classroom?

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

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

10. What happened when Ashton-Warner attempted to secure school uniforms for her students from a nearby shop?

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