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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 fictional character did Matawhero remind Ashton-Warner?
(a) Hansel.
(b) Peter Pan.
(c) Christopher Robin.
(d) Winnie the Pooh.

2. What color were the sports pullovers the basketball players were knitting for themselves?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Orange.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

3. At what age did students enter Std., Form II in New Zealand?
(a) 16 or 17.
(b) 12 or 13.
(c) 13 or 14.
(d) 14 or 15.

4. What did the students do with their cards after they were handed out?
(a) They read the words silently to themselves.
(b) They wrote stories using the words.
(c) They paired up with other students and taught each other the words.
(d) They read the words to the teacher.

5. How many students, according to the university professor quoted in "The Unlived Life," are capable of creative thought?
(a) One in a hundred.
(b) One in five hundred.
(c) One in ten thousand.
(d) One in a thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what Dickens novel character did Ashton-Warner refer in "Maori Transitional Readers?"

2. What did Mere and June rub on their faces?

3. How did Ashton-Warner approach spelling after the students wrote new words on the blackboard?

4. What story was Ashton-Warner asked to read while trying to get the child to nap?

5. Under what category was the Maori word, "haka," placed?

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