MCQ - Elizabeth Colenso | Big Book Publishing

ELIZABETH COLENSO – The Teacher

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1. What are some of the reasons Elizabeth Colenso is known as one of the toughest of NZ’s early European women? (P19-20)

a) She walked from Napier to Gisborne in winter while pregnant

b) She often ran the Ahuriri Mission station alone while her husband travelled

c) She lived through floods, earthquakes and a fire that destroyed her home

d) All of the above and more

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2. Where was Elizabeth born in 1821? (P3)

a) In Kerikeri

b) In Napier

c) In England

d) On the boat coming out from England

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3. What were some of the ways Elizabeth’s classroom was different to classrooms today? (P4)

a) The children used a feather and ink to write with

b) The desks were all wooden

c) The teacher wrote on the blackboard with chalk

d) All of the above

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4. After seeing her friend Hunapo being forcibly taken from the classroom and killed, what did Elizabeth decide she wanted to do when she grew up? (P7)

a) To become a teacher to teach writing

b) To become a nurse to help the sick

c) To become a missionary to teach the way of peace

d) To join the police force so she could stop that sort of thing happening

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5. How good was Elizabeth at speaking Te Reo when she was young? (P8)

a) She didn’t know any Te Reo

b) She only knew her colours and numbers

c) Excellent – she spoke Te Reo even better than she spoke English

d) She could speak Te Reo but couldn’t write it down

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6. Where did Elizabeth first start working as a teacher? (P9)

a) Paihia, near Whangarei

b) Maraitai, near Auckland

c) Te Awamutu, near Hamilton

d) Ashburton, near Christchurch

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7. Why did the missionary William Colenso want to marry Elizabeth? (P10)

a) Because she was a very good teacher

b) Because he couldn’t find anyone else to marry

c) She could help him in his work as he couldn’t speak Te Reo as well as Elizabeth

d) Because his religious culture expected he be married before permitted to be a recognised minister

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8. Why did Elizabeth marry William Colenso? (P11)

a) Because he was very good looking, and there were not many options at that time

b) It was the only way she could be recognised by the missionary society, to do the work she wanted

c) Because they were good friends, and she believed they would be very happy together

d) She admired the work he was doing with his printing press

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9. Why did Elizabeth say they would sleep on the veranda on their first night at Ahuriri near Napier? (P13)

a) There were spiders in the house

b) The earth floor of the hut was a sea of thick slimy mud

c) Elizabeth was too tired to make up the beds

d) The roof was falling in

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10. How would you describe William and Elizabeth’s home? (P13)

a) The hut was made of a type of reed called Raupo

b) The chimney was a small hole in the roof

c) The wind whistled through the gaps in the walls

d) All of the above

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12. Why was it particularly the women and children she served who suffered (P16)

a) They struggled with the cold more than the men

b) They didn’t have enough food supplies for everyone

c) The men were often away fighting, and would return wounded, or might die

d) Only some were ever educated

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13. Why did Elizabeth’s students at Ahuriri find school difficult? (P15)

a) They hadn’t had to sit still in a classroom before

b) They found the ways of the Europeans very strange

c) They didn’t trust Elizabeth as they didn’t know her very well

d) All of the above

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14. What did Elizabeth miss most while living in Ahuriri? (P15)

a) Peanut butter sandwiches

b) Having a better house

c) Her parents

d) The company of other English-speaking women

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15. Who looked after baby Frances while Elizabeth taught at school? (P15)

a) Frances went to a local Day care

b) Her father looked after her

c) Elizabeth looked after Frances while she taught

d) Frances had a nanny to look after her

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16. When Elizabeth moved into her new house how do we know it was still cold? (P16)

a) The floor became waterlogged

b) The water on the floor froze

c) There were still gaps in the walls

d) The milk in the pantry turned to ice

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17. How far away were their nearest European friends? (P18)

a) 200km – in Gisborne

b) 120km – in Dannevirke

c) 15km – in Hastings

d) 115km – in Wairoa

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18. How long did it take to walk from Napier to Gisborne? (P18)

a) 2 hours

b) 2 days

c) 2 weeks

d) 2 months

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19. What extra challenges did Elizabeth have for this particular walk? (P17)

a) She was eight months pregnant

b) It was the middle of winter

c) She had to carry an 18-month-old baby

d) All of the above

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20. What were some of Elizabeth’s skills that helped her serve well as a person living to help others? (P20)

a) She was an excellent teacher

b) She was bilingual in Te Reo and English

c) She was able to write bible and other stories for children in Te Reo

d) All of the above

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