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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. 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) Seven pence.
(b) One shilling.
(c) Four pence.
(d) Ten pence.

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

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

4. Which author stated that "words have souls"?
(a) Hugo.
(b) de Maurier.
(c) Camus.
(d) de Maupassant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the reading period last?

2. What word was outlawed at the school?

3. How much money had been lost in poker and beer by the parent of one student, in the section "Composition"?

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

5. To what children's classic did Ashton-Warner refer when writing about books not read in her classroom?

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