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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which student stumbled on the words "Come," "look," and "and"?
(a) Rangi.
(b) Matawhero.
(c) Seven.
(d) Gay.

2. How were the chairs arranged for the reading and exchange period?
(a) There were no chairs used.
(b) In a ring.
(c) In three rows.
(d) In straight lines.

3. What was the most powerful word under the "fear" category?
(a) Knife.
(b) Police.
(c) Ghost.
(d) Frightened.

4. How long were most of the "stories" written by the students at the beginning of school?
(a) One paragraph.
(b) Two sentences.
(c) One sentence.
(d) Two or three words.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what natural phenomenon did Ashton-Warner describe the mind of a young child?

2. What did Ashton-Warner do with the key vocabulary words that were forgotten the next day?

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

4. What word did Ashton-Warner say few boys did not know how to spell?

5. Which student picked the word bomb as a first key word?

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