This is the
eighth-grade
final exam from 1895 from Salina, Kansas. USA. 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 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 m?
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 are, 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,super.
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 theocean?
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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