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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long were Ashton-Warner's seven-year-old students able to write?
(a) Full page stories.
(b) Ten sentences.
(c) Three page stories.
(d) Two or three paragraphs.

2. In what season was the story of The Three Goats told?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

3. What did Ashton-Warner sometimes use to break up the difficult work of writing?
(a) Expressive dancing.
(b) Calisthenics.
(c) Listening to piano music.
(d) Playing outside.

4. What word did Ashton-Warner say few boys did not know how to spell?
(a) Cowboy.
(b) Rocket.
(c) Jet.
(d) Indian.

5. Between what hours did Ashton-Warner focus on creativity through work on the key vocabulary?
(a) 12:30 and 2:00.
(b) 10:00 and 11:30.
(c) 8:00 and 9:30.
(d) 9:00 and 10:30.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other books preceded the development of the Maori transitional readers?

2. What did the students do if they ran out of time to write their stories in the allotted time?

3. To what world-wide agency did Ashton-Warner refer to in describing teaching methods in underdeveloped nations?

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

5. To what Dickens novel character did Ashton-Warner refer in "Maori Transitional Readers?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the children's writings differ from the standard readers offered in most schools?

2. Why did Ashton-Warner say that the discussions of the children's stories were the "most significant" feature of the class?

3. What did Ashton-Warner mean when she referred to a workbook as a "middleman"?

4. What was Ashton-Warner's reaction to the sometimes violent imagery used in the children's stories?

5. How did the students perform when they did expressive dancing versus when they learned specific moves?

6. Why was it important for the teacher to be a good conversationalist in the classroom?

7. What is wrong with the cadence in many published first readers?

8. Why did Ashton-Warner throw out words that students did not recognize the second time?

9. By what process was spelling taught in Ashton-Warner's classroom?

10. What was the importance of the "inner illustration" in the children's self-written stories?

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