2. How did Ashton-Warner describe the energy released during the spelling period in "The Mechanics of Teaching Organic Spelling"?
(a) Exhilerating.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Energizing.

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

4. From where, according to Ashton-Warner, did most New Zealand children develop a "mass mind"?
(a) Australia.
(b) Britain.
(c) White New Zealanders.
(d) America.

5. How did Ashton-Warner approach spelling after the students wrote new words on the blackboard?
(a) She had the students spell the words from other students.
(b) She asked all of the students to spell all of the words.
(c) She allowed students to pick a word to spell if they wanted to.
(d) She had each student write the spellings down for a test.

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

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

8. What did Ashton-Warner do with the key vocabulary words that were forgotten the next day?
(a) She focused on teaching those words.
(b) She put the cards away for another day.
(c) She destroyed those cards.
(d) She tried the cards with other students.

9. How long were most of the "stories" written by the students at the beginning of school?
(a) One sentence.
(b) Two or three words.
(c) One paragraph.
(d) Two sentences.

10. What philosopher said that language must precede a nation's formation?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Voltaire.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Plato.

11. What did the students do if they ran out of time to write their stories in the allotted time?
(a) They extended the writing period.
(b) They finished them the next day.
(c) They finished them in the afternoon.
(d) They finished them at home.

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

13. At what time of day did Ashton-Warner "teach" the Golden Section?
(a) Between 12 and 1.
(b) Between 9 and 10.
(c) Between 1 and 2.
(d) Between 2 and 3.

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

15. Which student's parents fought frequently and violently at night?
(a) Puki.
(b) Mohi.
(c) Seven.
(d) Rangi.