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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what animal was Ashton-Warner handed over in a Maori child's made-up story?
(a) A gorilla.
(b) An orangutan.
(c) An alligator.
(d) A lion.

2. What composer was Ashton-Warner playing when her students began doing expressive dancing?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Handel.
(d) Shubert.

3. In what year did Leo Tolstoy begin his peasant school?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1857.

4. How were the chairs arranged for the reading and exchange period?
(a) There were no chairs used.
(b) In three rows.
(c) In a ring.
(d) In straight lines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ideal number of students to whom a teacher could give individual attention?

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

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

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

5. How were the children's stories "produced"?

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