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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 most of the "stories" written by the students at the beginning of school?
(a) Two or three words.
(b) Two sentences.
(c) One sentence.
(d) One paragraph.

2. What was the most powerful word under the "sex" category?
(a) Dance.
(b) Love.
(c) Darling.
(d) Kiss.

3. What educational thinker was quoted at the beginning of "Organic Writing"?
(a) John Dewey.
(b) Horace Mann.
(c) C.E. Beebe.
(d) Rousseau.

4. Which student stumbled on the words "Come," "look," and "and"?
(a) Rangi.
(b) Matawhero.
(c) Seven.
(d) Gay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What size were the cards Ashton-Warner used for the key vocabulary words?

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

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

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

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

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