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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ashton-Warner describe the vocabulary in most set early readers?
(a) Boring.
(b) Dead.
(c) Unrealistic.
(d) Too happy.

2. What did the students do with the new words put up on the blackboard each morning?
(a) They read them together out loud.
(b) They practiced spelling them.
(c) They added them to their stories.
(d) They made sentences together with them.

3. How did Ashton-Warner describe the energy released during the spelling period in "The Mechanics of Teaching Organic Spelling"?
(a) Energizing.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Exhilerating.
(d) Frightening.

4. What did the students do if they ran out of time to write their stories in the allotted time?
(a) They finished them at home.
(b) They finished them the next day.
(c) They extended the writing period.
(d) They finished them in the afternoon.

5. What did the students do with their cards after they were handed out?
(a) They paired up with other students and taught each other the words.
(b) They wrote stories using the words.
(c) They read the words to the teacher.
(d) They read the words silently to themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did many of the students' stories become by the time they were six?

2. What was Ashton-Warner's response to the problems with the set early readers?

3. Which student stumbled on the words "Come," "look," and "and"?

4. What was the maximum number of children Ashton-Warner felt a teacher could give individual attention to?

5. How did Ashton-Warner describe the worst assistant she ever had in the classroom?

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