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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life in a Maori School, 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ashton-Warner approach spelling after the students wrote new words on the blackboard?
(a) She had each student write the spellings down for a test.
(b) She allowed students to pick a word to spell if they wanted to.
(c) She had the students spell the words from other students.
(d) She asked all of the students to spell all of the words.

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

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

4. What color shirt did Ashton-Warner wear while facing bad situations?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.

5. At what time of the day was "paste paint" listed in Ashton-Warner's daily schedule?
(a) 10:30-12:00.
(b) 9-10:45.
(c) 1:00 to 2:00.
(d) 9:30-10:30.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ashton-Warner, what is the only answer to destructiveness?

2. How did Ashton-Warner describe the energy released during the spelling period in "The Mechanics of Teaching Organic Spelling"?

3. According to Erich Fromm, what is the outcome of the unlived life?

4. Who referred to dance as the "one complete expression" of a human's many faculties?

5. What was the most significant part of the students' shared reading?

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