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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the students do if they ran out of time to write their stories in the allotted time?
(a) They finished them in the afternoon.
(b) They extended the writing period.
(c) They finished them at home.
(d) They finished them the next day.

2. To what ancient writing system did Ashton-Warner refer at the beginning of the book?
(a) Hangul.
(b) Hieroglyphics.
(c) Cuneiform.
(d) Phoenecian alphabet.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ideal number of students to whom a teacher could give individual attention?

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

3. In the illustrations accompanying "Organic Writing," what fatal accident did one child claim had happened to him?

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

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

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