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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Remembering.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Ashton-Warner describe the vocabulary in most set early readers?
(a) Dead.
(b) Boring.
(c) Too happy.
(d) Unrealistic.

3. What did the junior assistant or a senior pupil sometimes do with the younger students during shared reading?
(a) Do a science experiment.
(b) Dance.
(c) Read a story.
(d) Sing.

4. What did Ashton-Warner call the "weakest" words in the language?
(a) Come, look, and.
(b) Look, see, and.
(c) Come, see, but.
(d) She, he, it.

5. What author, quoted by Ashton-Warner, advocated hitting children as punishment?
(a) D.H. Lawrence.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) E.M. Forster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many words had Tame learned, according to the chart in "Post Holiday Notes"?

2. What color crayon did Ashton-Warner use for the key vocabulary?

3. What was Ashton-Warner's response to the problems with the set early readers?

4. What did her former students do when Ashton-Warner arrived to visit their new classroom?

5. What did the students do with their cards after they were handed out?

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