School : 8th GRADE FINAL EXAM in 1895

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SCHOOL in 1895 ~ Final Exam ~

Remember when our grandparents, great-grandparents, and such stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. - - -

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*
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 lie, lay and run
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
7. 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 50cts/bushel, deducting 1050lbs. 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 meter?
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, sub vocals, 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 in dicate 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 Fernandez, Aspinwall & Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the 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 the inclination of the earth.

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I doubt i would have passed the test,heres all the ones i attempted to answer


Grammer

6) Punctuation is used to show when your done with a sentence,to show emotions,etc.....



U. S. History

2) He set sail and discovered land and came ashore.....

7) Presidents



Orthography

2) Where kids go to learn things (THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL)

7) bisexual - Meaning you like either male or female

dis-assemble - To take apart

mis-read - To read something incorrectly

pre-heat - To semi heat BEFORE putting it in for the main cooking

semi-sweet - 1/2 sweet and 1/2 no taste

post-war - AFTER THE WAR

non-conductive - Does not supply any current,valuable use.

inter-connecting - Connecting all parts in a central location

mono-chrome - ONE SIDE (Mono opposed to stereo)

sup - ???


Geography

1) It is the weather conditions in a given area...

2) I account for Kansas conditions due to the jet stream just being right there

5) Odessa - California?
Denver - Colorado
Manitoba - Canada
Yukon - Canada?

JuliusCaesar

8th GRADE FINAL EXAM*
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
1 At the beginning of sentences
2 Proper nouns
3 People’s names
4 Titles

2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.
Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction, articles definite and indefinate, pronouns,


5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
Nominative genitive accusative
The man
whose hat
flew off and killed the cat

6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.

Comma, fullstop, colon, semi-colon, dash, exclamation mark, question mark,


Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)

7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per meter?
Eh? Either imperial OR metric, not both together!

U. S. History (Time, 45 minutes)

2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
In something something and something two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Got as far as Cuba and stopped.

Orthography (Time, one hour)
1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication?
List of letters used in a language
Written as it sounds
Type of writing
Origins of words


7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup
bidirectional
disrespect
misread
preterm
semiconscious
post-coital
non-white
intermingled
supposition


9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
He cited Darwin in his answer
He built his house on that site
He lost the sight in his eyes.

I would fain go to that house
He feigned illness

The weather-vane pointed north
She is terribly vain
The junkie couldn’t find a vein

The attackers razed the city to the ground
I raised my hands in despair
The rays of the sun shone on me.

10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and in dicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
Chimney - chimbly