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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a "pa"?
(a) A Maori village.
(b) A Maori dance.
(c) A Maori hat.
(d) A Maori warclub.

2. How were the children's stories "produced"?
(a) In the teacher's handwriting.
(b) On a school typewriter.
(c) In their own handwriting.
(d) At a professional printers,

3. What was the snail nicknamed?
(a) Sammy.
(b) Seven.
(c) Stevie.
(d) Sally.

4. How many students, according to the university professor quoted in "The Unlived Life," are capable of creative thought?
(a) One in five hundred.
(b) One in a thousand.
(c) One in a hundred.
(d) One in ten thousand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most powerful word under the "sex" category?

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

3. At what time of the day was "paste paint" listed in Ashton-Warner's daily schedule?

4. How did Ashton-Warner describe the vocabulary in most set early readers?

5. How many Maori transitional readers did Ashton-Warner end up with?

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