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Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 08:28 am Click here to edit this post
(nancy says: yikes!! i doubt i'd get an "A" on this test!!)

Subject: FW: Eighth Grade Test in 1895 Could you pass it?


Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents,and such stated that they only had an 8th grade education?
Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th
grade in 1895?

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, KS. USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

"8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS -1895"

Grammar (Time, one hour)

1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that
have no modifications.
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal
Parts of do, lie, lay and run.
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks
of Punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show
therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)

1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide.
How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at
50 cts./ bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the
necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50
per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at
7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per metre?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per are, the distance around which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849,1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour)

1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences, cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)

1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.

***** This gives the saying of an early 20th century person that "she/he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning.

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:31 pm Click here to edit this post
ok--that was too hard lol.but let's see how many can answer these...

Test Yourself
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A Fun Quiz----test your knowledge----don't cheat!

1) There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?

(2) What famous North American landmark is constantly
moving backward?

(3) Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

(4) At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are
exactly coincident with each other. How many other times
between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands
cross?

(5) What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?

(6) What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

(7) In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

( Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw." They are all common. Name two of them.

(9) There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them?

(10) Where are the lakes that are referred to in the
"Los Angeles Lakers?"

(11) There are seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base without getting a hit. Taking a base on balls -- a walk -- is one way. Name the other six.

(12) It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?

(13) How is it possible for a pitcher to make four or more
strikeouts in one inning?

(14) Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet, that begin with the letter "s."

Answers later

Labmouse

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:44 pm Click here to edit this post
#9.

period
comma
question mark
exclamation mark
colon
semicolon
hyphen
dash
parentheses
brackets
ellipsis
apostrophe
quotation marks
slash
hyphen

Labmouse

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:45 pm Click here to edit this post
#10.

Minnesota

Labmouse

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:47 pm Click here to edit this post
#8.

dwarf
dwell
(dwelt)
dwelling

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:49 pm Click here to edit this post
( Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw." They are all common. Name two of them.

dwarf, dwell, dwindle, dweeb

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:49 pm Click here to edit this post
you have hyphen listed twice..and slash is not a punctuation mark(or at least not one listed in this test..the other one i have is braces

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:50 pm Click here to edit this post
lol dweeb is good...yep to #10

Where are the lakes that are referred to in the
"Los Angeles Lakers?" In MINNESOTA. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers, and kept the name when they moved west

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:51 pm Click here to edit this post
Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet, that begin with the letter "s."

socks, slippers, shoes, stockings, stilts, skates

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:52 pm Click here to edit this post
What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

Strawberries?

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:53 pm Click here to edit this post
correctumondo wcv for both

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:53 pm Click here to edit this post
12) It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?

Lettuce?

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:54 pm Click here to edit this post
correct again..for 12

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:55 pm Click here to edit this post
There are seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base without getting a hit. Taking a base on balls -- a walk -- is one way. Name the other six.

Getting beaned
Being a pinch runner
If the catcher misses the ball

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:56 pm Click here to edit this post
I don't even like baseball...don't know why I'm trying to answer this...

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:57 pm Click here to edit this post
lol those 3 are correct tho wcv ;)

Bijoux

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:58 pm Click here to edit this post
Some are partial answers

1. Boxing ?
2.
3. Asparagus and artichokes
4. Once each hour (11 times between noon and midnight)
5. Dodge ball
6. Strawberry
7. The bottle was put over the fruit when it was small and matured in the bottle
8. Dweeb, dwelling, dwell, dwarf, dwindle
9. period, comma, exclamation point, question mark, colon, semi-colon, apostrophy, quotation marks
10. Hit with a pitch, steal first,
11.
12. Lettuce
13.
14. Socks, shoes, sandals, slippers,

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:58 pm Click here to edit this post
(or the catcher drops the ball on a third strike to be accurate not just missed the ball

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 12:59 pm Click here to edit this post
5) What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?

Backwards Basketball..(It's a game! REALLY IT IS!..ummmm maybe not.)

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 01:01 pm Click here to edit this post
good try bijoux but you cant steal first!!! and 11 times is not correct...

Labmouse

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 01:02 pm Click here to edit this post
#2.

Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about 2 1/2 feet each year.

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 01:03 pm Click here to edit this post
correct lab mouse...(btw boxing is correct for #1)

Labmouse

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 01:04 pm Click here to edit this post
#4.

10 times

Nancy

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 01:05 pm Click here to edit this post
corrent labmouse--most people would think 11 but midnite(12;00) is NOT between noon and midnite..(thats a trick question)

Wcv63

Friday, June 22, 2001 - 01:05 pm Click here to edit this post
Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables

Tomatos and Mirletons?