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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ashton-Warner object to the use of terms such as "do not" in early readers?
(a) They did not represent the way people spoke.
(b) They were too long.
(c) They delayed the introduction of reading contractions.
(d) They were not used among the Maori.

2. According to Ashton-Warner, what is the only answer to destructiveness?
(a) Peaceful readings.
(b) Intervention.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Meditation.

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

4. Which student picked the word bomb as a first key word?
(a) Matawhero.
(b) Seven.
(c) Gay.
(d) Dennis.

5. How long did Ashton-Warner give the students each day to write their stories?
(a) An hour.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) A half-hour.

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

7. How long did many of the students' stories become by the time they were six?
(a) Half a page.
(b) One whole paragraph.
(c) One page.
(d) Three sentences.

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

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

10. What color ears did Ashton-Warner say she sometimes saw in children's illustrations?
(a) Green.
(b) Pink.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

11. What did Brian mean by the term he used to describe the bus in his story?
(a) Huge.
(b) Rackety.
(c) Falling apart.
(d) Worn-out.

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

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

14. How long did the spelling period last?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Erich Fromm, what is the outcome of the unlived life?

2. What was Ashton-Warner's response to the problems with the set early readers?

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

4. How long did the reading period last?

5. What superhero was included in the list of student words in "Organic Reading"?

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