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- To those of us who believe that educational standards
have deteriorated over the years, how does this exam compare to today's
exams? Could you pass this exam? I couldn't.
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- This is the eighth-grade Final Exam for 1895 from Salina,
Kansas, USA.
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- 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.
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- 8th Grade Final Exam Salina, Kansas - 1895
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- Grammar (Time: one hour)
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- 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
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- 2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have
no modifications.
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- 3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
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- 4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal
Parts of do, lie, lay and run.
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- 5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
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- 6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks
of Punctuation.
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- 7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show
therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
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- Arithmetic (Time: 1.25 hours)
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- 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
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- 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft.
wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
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- 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth
at 50 cts. per bu., deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
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- 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?
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- 5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
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- 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days
at 7 percent.
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- 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16
ft. long at $20 per m?
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- 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace)
at 10 percent.
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- 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre,
the distance around which is 640 rods?
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- 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
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- U.S. History (Time: 45 minutes)
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- 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
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- 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
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- 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary
War.
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- 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
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- 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
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- 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the
Rebellion.
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- 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell,
Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
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- 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607
1620 1800 1849 1865
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- Orthography (Time: one hour)
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- 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic,
orthography, etymology, syllabication?
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- 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
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- 3. What are the following, and give examples of each:
Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
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- 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
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- 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'.
Name two exceptions under each rule.
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- 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate
each.
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- 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection
with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.
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- 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.
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- 9. Use the following correctly in sentences: Cite, site,
sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
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- 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate
pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
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- Geography (Time: one hour)
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- 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
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- 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in
Kansas?
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- 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
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- 4. Describe the mountains of North America.
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- 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa,
Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and
Orinoco.
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- 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the
U.S.
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- 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital
of each.
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- 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific
in the same latitude?
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- 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean
returns to the sources of rivers.
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- 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination
of the earth.
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