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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "univited insect" was NOT seen in the classroom?
(a) Lice.
(b) Wasp.
(c) Spider.
(d) Mantis.

2. What composer was NOT mentioned among the list Ashton-Warner used in her classroom?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Grieg.
(d) Chopin.

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

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

5. In what year did Leo Tolstoy begin his peasant school?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1869.

6. What figure signified divinity in the Chaldean writing system?
(a) A tree.
(b) A dart.
(c) An eye.
(d) A triangle.

7. To what children's classic did Ashton-Warner refer when writing about books not read in her classroom?
(a) Treasure Island.
(b) Winnie the Pooh.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.

8. At what time of the day was "paste paint" listed in Ashton-Warner's daily schedule?
(a) 9:30-10:30.
(b) 10:30-12:00.
(c) 9-10:45.
(d) 1:00 to 2:00.

9. What was the condition of the student-made books after several reading sessions?
(a) They were in pristine condition.
(b) They were in fair condition.
(c) They were lost.
(d) They were in tatters.

10. What word did Mohi pick as his first key word?
(a) Ghost.
(b) Jet.
(c) Kiss.
(d) House.

11. For how long did Ashton-Warner experiment in developing the Maori transitional readers?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six years.

12. How did Ashton-Warner describe the worst assistant she ever had in the classroom?
(a) The girl spoke incessantly about herself.
(b) The girl told the students what to write.
(c) The girl insisted on a quiet classroom.
(d) The girl insisted on reprimanding the students.

13. What was the snail nicknamed?
(a) Stevie.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Seven.
(d) Sally.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what world-wide agency did Ashton-Warner refer to in describing teaching methods in underdeveloped nations?

2. What short word did Ashton-Warner say (in "Maori Transitional Readers") was used by Maori at the end or beginning of most spoken sentences?

3. What interesting word did Brian use to describe a bus in his story?

4. What was the most powerful word under the "sex" category?

5. What did Brian mean by the term he used to describe the bus in his story?

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