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8th grade test/ kicked my butt
Wed Jul 4 15:00:05 2001


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> > > This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina,
> > > > Kansas. It was
> > > > taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley
> > > > Genealogical
> > > > Society and Library in Salina, Kansas and reprinted by The
> > > > Salina Journal.
> > > >
> > > > 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, Kansas - 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. per bu,
> > > > 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
> > > > inch?
> > > > 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 acre, 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,
> > > > and 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, super.
> > > > 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following,
> > > > and name the
> > > > sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd,
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.
> > > >