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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 "univited insect" was NOT seen in the classroom?
(a) Lice.
(b) Mantis.
(c) Spider.
(d) Wasp.
2. What teacher did Ashton-Warner describe as being on the "high mountain" at the beginning of "Workbook"?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Lo Tung.
(c) Moses.
(d) Christ.
3. What color crayon did Ashton-Warner use for the key vocabulary?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.
4. How did Ashton-Warner describe the vocabulary in most set early readers?
(a) Too happy.
(b) Dead.
(c) Unrealistic.
(d) Boring.
5. Which student chose "King of the Rocket Men" as a key word?
(a) Gilbert.
(b) Rongo.
(c) Mohi.
(d) Joe Joe.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the maximum number of children Ashton-Warner felt a teacher could give individual attention to?
2. How many other books preceded the development of the Maori transitional readers?
3. According to Erich Fromm, what is the outcome of the unlived life?
4. How many Maori transitional readers did Ashton-Warner end up with?
5. What word did Mohi pick as his first key word?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was it important for the teacher to be a good conversationalist in the classroom?
2. Why did Ashton-Warner say that the discussions of the children's stories were the "most significant" feature of the class?
3. What was the importance of the "inner illustration" in the children's self-written stories?
4. How did the students perform when they did expressive dancing versus when they learned specific moves?
5. What is wrong with the cadence in many published first readers?
6. Why did Ashton-Warner throw out words that students did not recognize the second time?
7. Why were "key words" so essential to learning to read?
8. Why was the class so noisy while the children studied their individual key words and what did that noise signify?
9. Why did Ashton-Warner believe that standardized reading texts were damaging to children?
10. What did Ashton-Warner mean when she referred to a workbook as a "middleman"?
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