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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following did NOT affect classroom tone, according to Ashton-Warner?
(a) The tone of the surrounding community.
(b) The personality of the teacher.
(c) The personality of the children.
(d) The method used.

4. In what season was the story of The Three Goats told?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

5. In the illustrations accompanying "Organic Writing," what fatal accident did one child claim had happened to him?
(a) He died in a car accident.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He died of cancer.
(d) He was murdered.

6. What was Helen Keller's first word?
(a) Mother.
(b) Pump.
(c) Water.
(d) Teacher.

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

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

9. How long were Ashton-Warner's seven-year-old students able to write?
(a) Ten sentences.
(b) Two or three paragraphs.
(c) Full page stories.
(d) Three page stories.

10. What teacher did Ashton-Warner describe as being on the "high mountain" at the beginning of "Workbook"?
(a) Christ.
(b) Moses.
(c) Lo Tung.
(d) Buddha.

11. Where did Ashton-Warner say many classrooms grow seeds for indoor study?
(a) In eggshells.
(b) In jars.
(c) In tins.
(d) In pots.

12. What was one bird NOT mentioned as being seen outside the school?
(a) Mynah.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Duck.
(d) Robin.

13. What did Ashton-Warner keep on hand to repair the student books?
(a) Binders.
(b) Tape.
(c) Paper clips.
(d) Stapler.

14. 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 at home.
(c) They finished them the next day.
(d) They finished them in the afternoon.

15. How many fancy-dress costumes did Ashton-Warner own?
(a) Fifty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Eighty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the true school master, according to the quote from Caldwell Cook?

2. At what time did the students turn to the new words during the "intake period"?

3. To what artist did Ashton-Warner refer to in "Workbook"?

4. How long did Ashton-Warner give the students each day to write their stories?

5. For how long did Ashton-Warner experiment in developing the Maori transitional readers?

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