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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 event was being celebrated for Kahu at the Assembly Hall?
(a) His coming-of-age.
(b) His anniversary.
(c) His baptism.
(d) His graduation.

2. In what town was the "most spectacular" Maori meeting house in New Zealand?
(a) Waiomatatini.
(b) Wellington.
(c) Smithtown.
(d) Auckland.

3. What color were the new doors in the classrooms?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

4. What instrument did the seven-year-old twins play after the event for Kahu?
(a) Piano.
(b) Ukelele.
(c) Drums.
(d) Guitar.

5. How many "halves" did the girls' basketball team play?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did her former students do when Ashton-Warner arrived to visit their new classroom?

2. How did Ashton-Warner describe the porch where she met with Tremaine?

3. Which student did Ashton-Warner say had to talk to the teacher every time she read a story?

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

5. What was the new teacher doing when Ashton-Warner left the classroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the reaction of strangers to Ashton-Warner's multi-colored Maori belt?

2. What was Ashton-Warner's attitude toward the white students who accused Maori students of theft?

3. Why did Ashton-Warner say that when giving first words to her students, she avoided showing them any illustrations of those words?

4. Why did Ashton-Warner's white student, Dennis, have a nervous breakdown?

5. To what did Ashton-Warner attribute the lack of cohesiveness in some of her later students' stories?

6. How did Ashton-Warner describe the moments in her life when she knew the meaning of what was happening to her?

7. How did Maoris and whites differ in terms of communal gatherings?

8. What revelation did Ashton-Warner have in "Post-Holiday Notes" about using Maori readers with both Maori and white students?

9. What did Ashton-Warner think about as she gazed at the empty site where her old classroom had once stood?

10. Why was Ashton-Warner so worried about the prospect of being visited by the inspector?

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