1895 8th Grade
Final Exam
Salina, Kansas
Could You Have Passed the 8th Grade in 1895?
Grammar (Time - one hour)
 | Give nine rules for
the use of capital letters.
| Name the parts of
speech and define those that have no modifications.
| Define verse, stanza
and paragraph.
| What are the
principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of do, lie, lay, and
run.
| Define case.
Illustrate each case.
| What is punctuation?
Give rules for principal marks on punctuation.
| Write a composition
of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the
principal use of the rules of grammar. |
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Arithmetic (Time - 1.25 hours)
| Name and define the
fundamental rules of arithmetic.
| A wagon box is 2 ft.
deep, 10 ft. long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it
hold?
| If a load of wheat
weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bu, deducting 1050
lbs. for tare?
| 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?
| Find cost of 6720
lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
| Find the intrest of
$512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
| What is the cost of
40 baords 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $.20 per inch.
| Find bank discount
on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
| What is the cost of
a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640
rods?
| Write a bank check,
a promissory note, and a receipt. |
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U.S. History (Time - 45 minutes)
| Give the epochs into
which U.S. History is divided.
| Give an account of
the discovery of America by Columbus.
| Relate the causes
and results of the Revolutionary War.
| Show the territorial
growth of the United States
| Tell what you can of
the history of Kansas.
| Describe three of
the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
| Who were the
following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
| Name events
connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865? |
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Orthography (Time - one hour)
| What is meant by the
following: alphabet, phonetic orthography, etymology, syllabication?
| What are elementary
sounds? How classified?
| What are the
following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals,
diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
| Give four
substitutes for caret 'u'.
| Give two rules for
spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.
| Give two uses of
silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
| Define the following
prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi,
post, non, inter, mono, super.
| 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.
| Use the following
correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane,
vein, vain, raze, raise, rays.
| Write 10 words
frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of
diacritical marks and by syllabication. |
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Geography (Time - one hour)
| What is climate?
Upon what does climate depend?
| How do you account
for the extreemes of climate in Kansas.
| Of what use are
rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
| Describe the
mountains of North America.
| Name and describe
the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St.
Helna, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall, and Orinoco.
| Name and locate the
principal trade centers of the U.S.
| Name all the
republics of Europe and give capital of each.
| Why is the Atlantic
Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
| Describe the process
by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
| Describe the
movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth. |
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