>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.