Questions 1-10

Task information: Table, Note, Flow-chart completion, 
diagram labelling
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Questions 7–13
 7  feathers: ‘In the case of superior cloaks [= better 
ones] made for chiefs or the more important 
members of a tribe, feathers from kiwi, pigeons or 
other native birds might be attached.’  
 Distraction 
‘borders’ is wrong because ordinary 
cloaks had these, but only the better ones had 
feathers.
 8  hood: ‘All flax cloaks were rectangular in shape, so 
had no sleeves, and neither was a hood a feature 
of this garment.’ So this kind of cloak didn’t have a 
hood. 
 Distraction
 ‘sleeves’ is wrong because the space 
requires a singular form. 
 9  shoulder: ‘short cloaks were fastened [= tied] 
around a person’s neck . . . Pins . . . allowed longer 
cloaks to be secured [= tied] at the shoulder.’
 Distraction 
‘waist’ is wrong because the cloaks 
reached the level of a person’s waist, but were not 
tied to that part of the body.
10  insulation: ‘A cloak made from fur or wool could 
provide insulation from the cold, but not so a cloak 
made of flax.’ In other words, a flax cloak doesn’t 
provide/offer any insulation. 
11  water: ‘. . . fibres were left to soak in water . . . in 
order to soften them [= make them less stiff] and 
make them easier to weave together.’
12  iron: ‘To do this [= to dye a cloak black], Maori 
weavers covered it in a special kind of mud they 
had collected from riverbeds. This was rich in 
[= contained] iron.’
13  spear tips: ‘The particular advantage of these 
cloaks was that the tough cabbage tree fibres 
they were woven from could reduce the impact of 
[= could not easily go through] spear tips during a 
fight with enemy tribes.’ (Both words are necessary 
here as ‘tips’ by itself does not provide enough 
information to make sense.)
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