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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How were the children's stories "produced"?
(a) On a school typewriter.
(b) At a professional printers,
(c) In their own handwriting.
(d) In the teacher's handwriting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which student's parents fought frequently and violently at night?

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. In what year did Leo Tolstoy begin his peasant school?

4. What figure signified divinity in the Chaldean writing system?

5. Under what category was the Maori word, "haka," placed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Ashton-Warner's reaction to the sometimes violent imagery used in the children's stories?

2. Into what two main categories did Ashton-Warner place many of her students' first words?

3. Why did Ashton-Warner find the European and American early readers two-dimensional?

4. In what way does nature provide lessons that books or indoor plantings cannot?

5. By what process was spelling taught in Ashton-Warner's classroom?

6. How did the children's writings differ from the standard readers offered in most schools?

7. How did modern life in New Zealand make it difficult for people to use their inner resources?

8. How can a teacher tell when a book is valuable to her students, according to Ashton-Warner?

9. Why was it important for the teacher to be a good conversationalist in the classroom?

10. What did Ashton-Warner mean when she wrote that "we don't waste enough in school?"

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