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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At what time did the students turn to the new words during the "intake period"?
(a) 10:30 a.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 11 a.m.
(d) 11:30 a.m.

4. According to Erich Fromm, what is the outcome of the unlived life?
(a) Depression.
(b) Destructiveness.
(c) Substance abuse.
(d) Suicide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ashton-Warner sometimes use to break up the difficult work of writing?

2. What poet is quoted at the beginning of "Tone"?

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

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

5. To what natural phenomenon did Ashton-Warner describe the mind of a young child?

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