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From: Mark Murphy <>
Subject: [NCGRANVI] 1895 Final Exam
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:36:57 -0500

>EIGHTH GRADE FINAL EXAM - 1895
>Remember when old-timers tell us they only had an 8th grade education?
>Could any of us have graduated in 1895?
>
>The following eighth-grade final exam from 1895 Salina, KS. USA 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.
>
>Eighth 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 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
>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.

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