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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between what hours did Ashton-Warner focus on creativity through work on the key vocabulary?
(a) 9:00 and 10:30.
(b) 12:30 and 2:00.
(c) 8:00 and 9:30.
(d) 10:00 and 11:30.

2. Which student picked the word bomb as a first key word?
(a) Seven.
(b) Matawhero.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Gay.

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

4. What was the maximum number of children Ashton-Warner felt a teacher could give individual attention to?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To what world-wide agency did Ashton-Warner refer to in describing teaching methods in underdeveloped nations?

4. What did the students do if they ran out of time to write their stories in the allotted time?

5. To what ancient writing system did Ashton-Warner refer at the beginning of the book?

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