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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the two main instincts around which the key vocabulary was built?
(a) Fear and love.
(b) Fear and sex.
(c) Fear and hate.
(d) Love and sex.

3. To what natural phenomenon did Ashton-Warner describe the mind of a young child?
(a) A volcano.
(b) A tsunami.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A tornado.

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

5. How did Ashton-Warner "grade" the stories?
(a) She never put any marks on the students' writings.
(b) She corrected the spelling and grammar.
(c) She corrected the spelling only.
(d) She made suggestions for changes in the stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Ashton-Warner give the students each day to write their stories?

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

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

4. What color crayon did Ashton-Warner use for the key vocabulary?

5. Which student's parents fought frequently and violently at night?

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