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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Creative Teaching, 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ashton-Warner say many classrooms grow seeds for indoor study?
(a) In jars.
(b) In eggshells.
(c) In tins.
(d) In pots.

2. In what season was the story of The Three Goats told?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

3. What philosopher said that language must precede a nation's formation?
(a) Voltaire.
(b) Plato.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Aristotle.

4. What did the students do if they ran out of time to write their stories in the allotted time?
(a) They extended the writing period.
(b) They finished them in the afternoon.
(c) They finished them at home.
(d) They finished them the next day.

5. At what time of day did Ashton-Warner "teach" the Golden Section?
(a) Between 12 and 1.
(b) Between 9 and 10.
(c) Between 2 and 3.
(d) Between 1 and 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ashton-Warner approach spelling after the students wrote new words on the blackboard?

2. How many other books preceded the development of the Maori transitional readers?

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

4. How long did many of the students' stories become by the time they were six?

5. To what Dickens novel character did Ashton-Warner refer in "Maori Transitional Readers?"

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