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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a "roro"?
(a) A gazebo.
(b) A plaza.
(c) A verandah.
(d) A roof.
2. According to Ashton-Warner, who provided the beer for the three-day party?
(a) The school.
(b) Maori leaders.
(c) White neighbors.
(d) The police.
3. To what did Ashton-Warner compare her classroom of the previous year?
(a) A fortress.
(b) A castle.
(c) A Maori village.
(d) A cathedral.
4. What student did Ashton-Warner think would have advanced farther had he been able to use "white" readers?
(a) John.
(b) Mark.
(c) Harry.
(d) Gordon.
5. What illustration was NOT included in the pictures on the new coat hooks for the students?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Animals.
(c) The pa.
(d) White children.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many children were on Ashton-Warner's school basketball team?
2. How many children were in Puki's family?
3. What position did Matawhero's grandfather hold?
4. What is a "marae?"
5. What event was being celebrated for Kahu at the Assembly Hall?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was it important to offer only present tense verbs to new readers?
2. How did the behavior of the children differ in the new classrooms compared to when Ashton-Warner taught at the school?
3. Why did Ashton-Warner's white student, Dennis, have a nervous breakdown?
4. Describe the new teacher encountered by Ashton-Warner as she explores the renovated school.
5. Why was Ashton-Warner disappointed with the pictures the new teacher had chosen to personalize the children's coat hooks?
6. Why was Ashton-Warner so worried about the prospect of being visited by the inspector?
7. What were the vocabulary words like in the new classroom?
8. How did Ashton-Warner describe the moments in her life when she knew the meaning of what was happening to her?
9. What was the reaction of strangers to Ashton-Warner's multi-colored Maori belt?
10. Why did Ashton-Warner criticize herself for the way she handled Matawhero's defiance after he hit Gordon?
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