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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 did Mere and June rub on their faces?
(a) Yellow crayon.
(b) Blue powder.
(c) Red chalk.
(d) Red paint.

2. Which student had a father who worked at the carnival?
(a) Mohi.
(b) Seven.
(c) Whareparita.
(d) Matawhero.

3. In the scene in which Ashton-Warner laments the family using school supply money for poker, how much did she say a pencil cost?
(a) Ten pence.
(b) One shilling.
(c) Four pence.
(d) Seven pence.

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) Love.
(b) Kiss.
(c) Parent.
(d) Marriage.

5. How much ice cream did the boys steal from the shop in "Post Holiday Notes"?
(a) 200 pounds.
(b) 20 pounds.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 15 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word was outlawed at the school?

2. At what age did students enter Std., Form II in New Zealand?

3. To what institution did Ashton-Warner compare teaching?

4. What did Ashton-Warner do as she turned and left the classroom?

5. What did Professor Baillie say killed education?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the two worst enemies of teaching?

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

5. How did Maoris and whites differ in terms of communal gatherings?

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

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

8. Why did Ashton-Warner criticize herself for the way she handled Matawhero's defiance after he hit Gordon?

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

10. In "Post Holiday Notes," what word did Ashton-Warner use to represent the key instinct of fear to her students?

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