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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) Shubert.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Handel.

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

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

4. Under what category was the Maori word, "haka," placed?
(a) Locomotion.
(b) Sex.
(c) Fear.
(d) Other.

5. What did Ashton-Warner call the most "comely word" in the language?
(a) Rest.
(b) Serenity.
(c) Love.
(d) Peace.

6. What activity was NOT included under the 2:10-3 p.m. time slot under "Daily Rhythm"?
(a) Standard Vocabulary.
(b) Supplementary Reading.
(c) Standard Reading.
(d) Creative Writing.

7. In what season was the story of the Little Red Hen told?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

8. Which student chose "King of the Rocket Men" as a key word?
(a) Joe Joe.
(b) Gilbert.
(c) Mohi.
(d) Rongo.

9. What was the most significant part of the students' shared reading?
(a) The teaching of grammar.
(b) The teaching of spelling.
(c) The practice in reading aloud.
(d) The discussions.

10. To what artist did Ashton-Warner refer to in "Workbook"?
(a) Raphael.
(b) Da Vinci.
(c) Botticelli.
(d) Titian.

11. Between what hours did Ashton-Warner focus on creativity through work on the key vocabulary?
(a) 12:30 and 2:00.
(b) 8:00 and 9:30.
(c) 10:00 and 11:30.
(d) 9:00 and 10:30.

12. Which student stumbled on the words "Come," "look," and "and"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Rangi.
(c) Matawhero.
(d) Gay.

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

14. What size were the cards Ashton-Warner used for the key vocabulary words?
(a) 12X8.
(b) 12X5.
(c) 10X6.
(d) 10X8.

15. To what natural phenomenon does the term "Golden Section" refer?
(a) Plant growth.
(b) Animal growth.
(c) Wave patterns.
(d) Leaf patterns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ideal number of students to whom a teacher could give individual attention?

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

3. Which of the following did NOT affect classroom tone, according to Ashton-Warner?

4. What teacher did Ashton-Warner describe as being on the "high mountain" at the beginning of "Workbook"?

5. What was the condition of the student-made books after several reading sessions?

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