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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the most significant part of the students' shared reading?
(a) The teaching of grammar.
(b) The discussions.
(c) The practice in reading aloud.
(d) The teaching of spelling.

2. What did the junior assistant or a senior pupil sometimes do with the younger students during shared reading?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Do a science experiment.
(d) Read a story.

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

4. How long did the reading period last?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 25 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

5. What was the most powerful word under the "fear" category?
(a) Knife.
(b) Ghost.
(c) Police.
(d) Frightened.

Short Answer Questions

1. What superhero was included in the list of student words in "Organic Reading"?

2. How did Ashton-Warner describe the energy released during the spelling period in "The Mechanics of Teaching Organic Spelling"?

3. What word did Ashton-Warner say few boys did not know how to spell?

4. What is a "pa"?

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

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