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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where, according to Ashton-Warner, did most New Zealand children develop a "mass mind"?
(a) Britain.
(b) Australia.
(c) America.
(d) White New Zealanders.

2. To what artist did Ashton-Warner refer to in "Workbook"?
(a) Raphael.
(b) Botticelli.
(c) Titian.
(d) Da Vinci.

3. What was Ashton-Warner's response to the problems with the set early readers?
(a) She used existing Maori texts.
(b) The students wrote their own books.
(c) She asked the families to provide better books.
(d) She wrote the books for her students.

4. What was Helen Keller's first word?
(a) Water.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Mother.
(d) Pump.

5. In what year did Leo Tolstoy begin his peasant school?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1857.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how long did Ashton-Warner experiment in developing the Maori transitional readers?

3. How did Ashton-Warner describe the vocabulary in most set early readers?

4. What was the most powerful word under the "fear" category?

5. To what ancient writing system did Ashton-Warner refer at the beginning of the book?

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