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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the smaller children sometimes go during the shared reading period?
(a) To the math room.
(b) Outside for games.
(c) To another room for history.
(d) To another room for science.

2. How did Ashton-Warner describe the vocabulary in most set early readers?
(a) Boring.
(b) Unrealistic.
(c) Too happy.
(d) Dead.

3. What size were the cards Ashton-Warner used for the key vocabulary words?
(a) 10X8.
(b) 10X6.
(c) 12X8.
(d) 12X5.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the two main instincts around which the key vocabulary was built?

3. Which student chose "King of the Rocket Men" as a key word?

4. By what title was Tolstoy known to his students?

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

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