Answer these questions -

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. . . WITHOUT looking them up - this is not an open book test

see if you can pass it.

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 'lie,''play,' 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 hour 15 minutes)
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 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 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 the cost of 6,720 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 of 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)
[Do we even know what this is??]
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& nbsp;
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)
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, f ain, 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 Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. 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.

Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.

This is the 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS - 1895

Gives the saying 'he only had an 8th grade education' a whole new meaning, doesn't it?! Also shows you how poor our education system has become and, NO, I don't have the answers!

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[BIGUN 1,483]

FALSE

Well, but then it goes on to say it was taken from the archives of...

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[shropshire 0]

Do your own bloody homework .... kid

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

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FALSE

Well, but then it goes on to say it was taken from the archives of...

Yes - I read the snopes article, did You Kieth?

It does not deny that this is a test from the time and place that the e-mail is claiming.

It does say that you can't take that as an example of declining education.

THAT is an opinion and not fact. So - the best that you can hope for here is an "Undetermined" but not in the way of the test being untrue or a hoax.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[pilotsR4pimps 0]

i now feel cheap and stupid

[BIGUN 1,483]

Ya know, I apologize. I get so much blah blah that I when I snoped it and it said false, that's what I replied with. But, something as I was closing it down caught my eye and made me got back and re-read it... Hence, the edit about the archives.... As I read thru it it... I wondered why they hadn't put "partly true." Therefore, the squiiggly face... I guess we'll need a www.snopesauditor.com site in the future....

Keith

P.S. You know that I look at your big ass every day in my office? Because Bill Newell was on your dive, I had it framed. (Course, Willy's butt is bigger)

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[lippy 918]

How big is a bushel of wheat?

I got nuthin

[JohnMitchell 16]

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How big is a bushel of wheat?

8 dry gallons, maybe 60+ pounds

[CSpenceFLY 1]

I got #5 right. A case is 24.

[happythoughts 0]

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2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus

"Hey... what the hell is that?"

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8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.

Why is history always stuff that happened before
I was born?

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10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

"syllabication" Here's a good start.

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1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?

Climates depend on bananas.

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4. Describe the mountains of North America

Hilly and rocky.

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6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.

The capital of London is "L".

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8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?

brunettes

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10. Describe the movements of the earth.

yes...yes...OMG Yes!

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How big is a bushel of wheat?

1 US bushel = 1.24445608 cubic feet

1 US bushel = 0.046090966 cubic yard

1 US bushel = 9.30917797 US gallons

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

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How big is a bushel of wheat?

1 US bushel = 1.24445608 cubic feet

1 US bushel = 0.046090966 cubic yard

1 US bushel = 9.30917797 US gallons

What's a 'Shit-Load' ?

Hint: Divot, although technically correct... is NOT an acceptable answer!

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