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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life in a Maori School, 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Ashton-Warner's response to the problems with the set early readers?
(a) She used existing Maori texts.
(b) The students wrote their own books.
(c) She wrote the books for her students.
(d) She asked the families to provide better books.

2. How much money had been lost in poker and beer by the parent of one student, in the section "Composition"?
(a) 67 pounds.
(b) 84 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 95 pounds.

3. What did Ashton-Warner call the "weakest" words in the language?
(a) Come, see, but.
(b) Come, look, and.
(c) She, he, it.
(d) Look, see, and.

4. Which student wrote about a father drinking all the beer at the party?
(a) Matawhero.
(b) Makere.
(c) Irini.
(d) Rongo.

5. In the "game" in which children said what frightened them, what was Seven afraid of?
(a) Worms.
(b) Skeletons.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interesting word did Brian use to describe a bus in his story?

2. According to Erich Fromm, what is the outcome of the unlived life?

3. Which basketball player had a leg injury and could not play in the competition?

4. What is a "tangi"?

5. What word did Ashton-Warner say few boys did not know how to spell?

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