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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 did Ashton-Warner sometimes use to break up the difficult work of writing?
(a) Expressive dancing.
(b) Calisthenics.
(c) Playing outside.
(d) Listening to piano music.

2. To what natural phenomenon did Ashton-Warner describe the mind of a young child?
(a) A tornado.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A volcano.
(d) A tsunami.

3. What educational thinker was quoted at the beginning of "Organic Writing"?
(a) Horace Mann.
(b) John Dewey.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) C.E. Beebe.

4. How did Ashton-Warner "grade" the stories?
(a) She made suggestions for changes in the stories.
(b) She corrected the spelling and grammar.
(c) She never put any marks on the students' writings.
(d) She corrected the spelling only.

5. To what Dickens novel character did Ashton-Warner refer in "Maori Transitional Readers?"
(a) Tiny Tim.
(b) Jean Valjean.
(c) Oliver Twist.
(d) David Copperfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between what hours did Ashton-Warner focus on creativity through work on the key vocabulary?

2. From where, according to Ashton-Warner, did most New Zealand children develop a "mass mind"?

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

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

5. What was the most powerful word under the "fear" category?

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