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NCEA level 2 English exams asked students to write about a boy with long hair being bullied and asked to pull down his pants to prove his gender.
The exam held on Thursday used a piece of "unfamiliar text" as part of the test for students to write about and make a literary analysis.
The exam booklet asked the students to "analyse significant aspects of unfamiliar written text(s) through close reading, supported by evidence"
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