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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the reading period last?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 25 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

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

3. What was Ashton-Warner's response to the problems with the set early readers?
(a) She asked the families to provide better books.
(b) She wrote the books for her students.
(c) The students wrote their own books.
(d) She used existing Maori texts.

4. To what ancient writing system did Ashton-Warner refer at the beginning of the book?
(a) Hieroglyphics.
(b) Phoenecian alphabet.
(c) Cuneiform.
(d) Hangul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the chairs arranged for the reading and exchange period?

2. How long were Ashton-Warner's seven-year-old students able to write?

3. In the illustrations accompanying "Organic Writing," what fatal accident did one child claim had happened to him?

4. Between what hours did Ashton-Warner focus on creativity through work on the key vocabulary?

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

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