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

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

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

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

5. In the illustrations accompanying "Organic Writing," what fatal accident did one child claim had happened to him?
(a) He died in a car accident.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He died of cancer.
(d) He was murdered.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the maximum number of children Ashton-Warner felt a teacher could give individual attention to?

3. How long were Ashton-Warner's seven-year-old students able to write?

4. What did the students do with their cards after they were handed out?

5. What educational thinker was quoted at the beginning of "Organic Writing"?

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