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

2. What did Ashton-Warner do with the key vocabulary words that were forgotten the next day?
(a) She put the cards away for another day.
(b) She destroyed those cards.
(c) She tried the cards with other students.
(d) She focused on teaching those words.

3. What is a "pakeha"?
(a) A warrior.
(b) A chief.
(c) A child.
(d) A white person.

4. What were the two main instincts around which the key vocabulary was built?
(a) Love and sex.
(b) Fear and sex.
(c) Fear and hate.
(d) Fear and love.

5. What superhero was included in the list of student words in "Organic Reading"?
(a) Batman.
(b) Wonderwoman.
(c) Spiderman.
(d) Superman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which student stumbled on the words "Come," "look," and "and"?

3. How many children were in Puki's family?

4. What did Ashton-Warner sometimes use to break up the difficult work of writing?

5. What did Mrs. Cutter send to Ashton-Warner in "Life in a Maori School, 1"?

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