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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 did Mrs. Cutter send to Ashton-Warner in "Life in a Maori School, 1"?
(a) A necklace.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A book.

2. What did the drawings depict in the Infant Reading Scheme that Ashton-Warner showed to Tremaine?
(a) Wellington.
(b) Ihaka.
(c) Puki.
(d) Pa.

3. Which student suffered a nervous breakdown?
(a) Mark.
(b) Seven.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Gordon.

4. Whom did Matawhero hit in "Post Holiday Notes"?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Seven.
(c) Mark.
(d) Mohi.

5. What position did Matawhero's grandfather hold?
(a) Chairman of the Board of Supervisors.
(b) Chairman of the School Committee.
(c) Chairman of the School Advisory Committee.
(d) Chariman of the Board of Selectmen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what institution did Ashton-Warner compare teaching?

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

4. What did Ashton-Warner do as she turned and left the classroom?

5. Where did the visitors who came to look at the Maori primers visiting from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What set the local Maori pa (village) where Ashton-Warner taught apart from other pas?

2. What happened when Ashton-Warner attempted to secure school uniforms for her students from a nearby shop?

3. Why was Ashton-Warner disappointed with the pictures the new teacher had chosen to personalize the children's coat hooks?

4. What did the students' compositions reveal about their family lives?

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

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

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

8. What are the two worst enemies of teaching?

9. Why was Ashton-Warner surprised at the appearance of the new classrooms when she visited?

10. Why was it important to offer only present tense verbs to new readers?

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