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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word did Ashton-Warner say few boys did not know how to spell?
(a) Indian.
(b) Jet.
(c) Cowboy.
(d) Rocket.

2. In what country did the volunteer describe teaching villagers how to read and write their own names?
(a) Algeria.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Libya.

3. What poet is quoted at the beginning of "Tone"?
(a) Emerson.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) e.e. cummings.
(d) W.B. Yeats.

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

5. To what natural phenomenon does the term "Golden Section" refer?
(a) Leaf patterns.
(b) Animal growth.
(c) Plant growth.
(d) Wave patterns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the smaller children sometimes go during the shared reading period?

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

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

4. How long did Ashton-Warner give the students each day to write their stories?

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

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