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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What composer was NOT mentioned among the list Ashton-Warner used in her classroom?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Chopin.
(d) Grieg.

2. Which of the following did NOT affect classroom tone, according to Ashton-Warner?
(a) The tone of the surrounding community.
(b) The personality of the children.
(c) The personality of the teacher.
(d) The method used.

3. What was the most significant part of the students' shared reading?
(a) The teaching of grammar.
(b) The discussions.
(c) The teaching of spelling.
(d) The practice in reading aloud.

4. What was one bird NOT mentioned as being seen outside the school?
(a) Mynah.
(b) Robin.
(c) Duck.
(d) Sparrow.

5. How many students, according to the university professor quoted in "The Unlived Life," are capable of creative thought?
(a) One in a thousand.
(b) One in ten thousand.
(c) One in five hundred.
(d) One in a hundred.

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

7. In what season was the story of the Little Red Hen told?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

8. What superhero was included in the list of student words in "Organic Reading"?
(a) Spiderman.
(b) Superman.
(c) Batman.
(d) Wonderwoman.

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

10. To what artist did Ashton-Warner refer to in "Workbook"?
(a) Botticelli.
(b) Raphael.
(c) Da Vinci.
(d) Titian.

11. What was the condition of the student-made books after several reading sessions?
(a) They were in tatters.
(b) They were in pristine condition.
(c) They were lost.
(d) They were in fair condition.

12. Who referred to dance as the "one complete expression" of a human's many faculties?
(a) Wittgenstein.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what ancient writing system did Ashton-Warner refer at the beginning of the book?

2. Which student stumbled on the words "Come," "look," and "and"?

3. What short word did Ashton-Warner say (in "Maori Transitional Readers") was used by Maori at the end or beginning of most spoken sentences?

4. How were the children's stories "produced"?

5. What teacher did Ashton-Warner describe as being on the "high mountain" at the beginning of "Workbook"?

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