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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life in A Maori School, 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which student wrote about his father hitting his mother in her face in "Compositions"?
(a) Rongo.
(b) Makere.
(c) Riti.
(d) Matawhero.

2. How many Maori transitional readers did Ashton-Warner end up with?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

3. What were Ashton-Warner and Mr. Tremaine drinking while talking on the porch?
(a) Beer.
(b) Tea.
(c) Wine.
(d) Coffee.

4. What was the most powerful word under the "sex" category?
(a) Love.
(b) Dance.
(c) Darling.
(d) Kiss.

5. How did Ashton-Warner describe the porch where she met with Tremaine?
(a) Falling apart.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Tiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ashton-Warner call the most "comely word" in the language?

2. To what natural phenomenon does the term "Golden Section" refer?

3. From where, according to Ashton-Warner, did most New Zealand children develop a "mass mind"?

4. How were the chairs arranged for the reading and exchange period?

5. What color shirt did Ashton-Warner wear while facing bad situations?

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