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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long did the spelling period last?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

4. What did Ashton-Warner keep on hand to repair the student books?
(a) Stapler.
(b) Binders.
(c) Tape.
(d) Paper clips.

5. To what world-wide agency did Ashton-Warner refer to in describing teaching methods in underdeveloped nations?
(a) Feed the Children.
(b) Red Cross.
(c) Save the Children.
(d) UNESCO.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Leo Tolstoy begin his peasant school?

2. What did the junior assistant or a senior pupil sometimes do with the younger students during shared reading?

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

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

5. Between what hours did Ashton-Warner focus on creativity through work on the key vocabulary?

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