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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the ideal number of students to whom a teacher could give individual attention?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

3. To what children's classic did Ashton-Warner refer when writing about books not read in her classroom?
(a) Alice in Wonderland.
(b) Treasure Island.
(c) Winnie the Pooh.
(d) Peter Pan.

4. What poet is quoted at the beginning of "Tone"?
(a) W.B. Yeats.
(b) Emerson.
(c) e.e. cummings.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Ashton-Warner call the most "comely word" in the language?

3. According to Erich Fromm, what is the outcome of the unlived life?

4. How did Ashton-Warner "grade" the stories?

5. What did Ashton-Warner keep on hand to repair the student books?

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