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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. Although fear and sex were identified as two main instincts, what word did Ashton-Warner say was missing from the beginning Maori readers?
(a) Love.
(b) Parent.
(c) Kiss.
(d) Marriage.

2. What was the weather like the day Ashton-Warner met with Tremaine?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Cold.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Hot.

3. Which of her former students was NOT in the new classroom for the new readers?
(a) Seven.
(b) Blossom.
(c) One-Pint.
(d) Nuku.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did "Remembering" take place?

2. What did Seven allegedly use to attack Wi?

3. According to Ashton-Warner, who provided the beer for the three-day party?

4. What was Amira's supposed score in basketball practice?

5. What story was Ashton-Warner asked to read while trying to get the child to nap?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ashton-Warner think about as she gazed at the empty site where her old classroom had once stood?

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

3. How did the behavior of the children differ in the new classrooms compared to when Ashton-Warner taught at the school?

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

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

6. What role did discipline play in Ashton-Warner's classroom?

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

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

9. What was the reaction of strangers to Ashton-Warner's multi-colored Maori belt?

10. 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?

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